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<br>Calwatch I am 100 per cent with you.<br><br>As a tourist visiting Las Vegas for more than 30 years, at least 2x per year (except the Covid times), I can list a few things of interest to underlgn some facts that even tourists have noticed and cannot be happy about:<br><br>Just about 15-18 years ago, the Palms (if my time spectrum is accurate) used to have that legendary bank of full pay deuces wild with progressive meter for the Royal Flush. The American Casino Guide Book as well as the Las Vegas Advisor used to be filled with coupons that you could only dream of. I recently received my 2023 coupon book by LVA. I bought it despite the fact that shipping costs were outrageously high and Station has removed all buffet vouchers. Just 10 years ago, that LVA book was so valuable that some idiots started making copies of the coupons to even increase the value and that’s maybe one of the reasons why some companies no longer participate in the program.<br><br>I remember the Fiesta on Rancho used to have promotions that were so good that I played all day on my favorite games. Rampart used to be great with full pay games in it and now is just a shadow of itself. Suncoast as well.<br><br>I think even the Skyline on Boulder Highway South has remodeled the joint a way that the Deuces Wild Corral no longer exists. It was full of 100.76 per cent games, which was always great in combo with its legendary shrimp cocktail.<br><br>The Jokers Wild Casino has removed the 99.90 per cent DDB Game which never gave me a royal flush although I played there always on Sudays because of the good promotions and the relaxing atmosphere (the beverage hostess remembered me for years and knew what I wanted to drink and it never changed (awesome)).<br><br>The Tropicana Casino on the Strip and the Terrible’s Casino on Flamingo (now Silver 7) used to offer a rebate program for new sign-ups. And the program was really good at the beginning. They changed that over the years until it finally was suspended. I think other casinos had a similar program, some of those places I could play because I didn’t have a players card there at that point.<br><br>Even the Mirage used to have buffet coupon in that book , so I played in the poker room during the times when that place was the No 1 spot for poker (in the early 90s?).<br><br>Even the stateline casinos used to have attractive games that made it worth going there on a day to chill out, professionandpurpose.com do some shopping in the outlet mall and then play a little bit of videopoker.<br><br>At this time I get tired of listing more points but I definetely have more in my memory.<br><br>What leaves today is a city that has become too big because of tax reasons in California (maybe) or because people like it there so much. The 1199 Dollar threshold has never been modified and adjusted although inflation since the 80s till today would cry for a rise of threshold long time ago. 5000 would be a fair amount. Not so sure what this is not happening but it definetely keeps me away from playing 1 dollar or 2 dollar games as they take off 30 per cent disregarding the fact how much I have been losing by the time I get a hand pay. Every serious player will agree with me that under such conditions play is not recommended.<br><br>So, after all, Vegas is still my top tourist destination, but things have changed tremendously. Let’s find out and watch how long it takes until the last resorts will blink and do their final adjustments. My call is that the Southpoint will also start removing more and more of the good games and replace these games on the floor. From what I noticed, that trend has already begun.<br><br>From Switzerland<br><br>Boris<br><br>The D (Fitzgerald?) had a whole section of great antiqe games on the 2nd floor. All these games are gone.<br><br>The Tuscany used to have a 98.90 per cent progressive DDB game in the front right by the entrance. That was yesterday.<br><br>The Mirage had buffet voucher in it, 2-for-1, and the Palms had a 50 per cent dicount coupon in it, up to 50 Dollars. It was great to go eat at a good price and go gambling deuces wild machines after that.<br><br>The El Cortez, along with the Vegas Club where the last 2 places that were offering a few machines with Downtown Deuces, and the points were given at the same rate a slot player was earning. And they had multiplier days for Videopoker many days per week.<br><br>The 2-for-1 coupons at the Station buffets at the beginning were good any day of the week, until they changed it and only accepted them several days midweek. It comes along with the heavy reduction of good videopoker machines and at the same time the permanent increase of that ridiculous resort fee.<br><br>What remains today is not much compared to what was the situation 20 years ago. No matter how you look at it.<br>
