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balt999
11-11-2002, 03:52 PM
What type of comps do the Bellagio and Mirage poker rooms give out....just wondering...
Dynasty
11-11-2002, 07:27 PM
The Mirage gives out one comp per week for a free buffet or $10 of a meal at a couple restaurants. The Bellagio has a similar system.

They are unbelievably cheap.
Jeffage
11-11-2002, 07:33 PM
Wow, that is pretty cheap. At the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, players get $1 per hr for low limits and $2 an hr for 10-20 and above...I go like twice a month and have hundreds of comp dollars I can use on food, shows, rooms, etc at the restaurants there. Regular players should NEVER have to pay for food IMO.

Jeff
balt999
11-12-2002, 03:06 PM
I guess I shouldn't be surprised since the Mirage is owned my a corporation rather than an individual....
Dynasty
11-12-2002, 07:31 PM
It has nothing to do with being owned by a corporation. All the small poker rooms on the Strip give reasonable comps. For example, the Monte Carlo gives $6 in comps for 4 hours of play. You can be comped every day. Circus Circus has a similar $5 comp and also have free food available at dinner time. It usually only something like chicken fingers but it's far better service than the Mirage or Bellagio offer.
balt999
11-13-2002, 02:06 PM
Maybe it's just their corps policy....If you notice the strip casinos you mentioned are owned by the Mandalay Company. Mirage and Bellagio are owned by MGM/Mirage...and their comp policy has gotten more stingy since purchasing those casinos from Steve Wynn...I think it's even true in their pit games.
Clarkmeister
11-14-2002, 01:16 AM
The post-Wynn change would make sense. The stock performed horribly under Wynn, and his lack of cost control was a huge reason. With better management, one would expect better cost control.
Dynasty
11-14-2002, 04:10 AM
Still, anybody can get $42 in comps each week play 1-5 stud at the Monte Carlo whereas you can only get $10 in comps each week at the Mirage even if you're playing in their biggest games.

The Mirage and Bellagio are taking "cost control" too far.
HDPM
11-14-2002, 01:13 PM
That's why I like the Orleans players' card system. I think it is good to comp people by the hour, that way the regular players get more comps. If I go to the Mirage and give them 8 hours of play over a weekend in town, I get the same comp as the guy who puts in 50 hours there. Good for me, but a bad system. And I hate the line for comps at the Mirage. That is stupid.