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Are Free Drinks When Gambling The Next Freebie to Go In Las Vegas?

December 4, 2019 by kevinwilkerson 6 Comments

Is May Be Last Call For Gamblers & Drinkers At Sin City Casinos

Las Vegas casinos slot machines
Waitress, please bring this slot player a free drink.




They have taken away free parking and charge daily “resort” fees to stay in their hotels and now some casinos are making moves to put an end the most cherished of all traditional Vegas perks: free drinks.

For decades, it was a Vegas given that if you gambled, you got free drinks. When you’re at a table game or slot machine, a cocktail waitress dressed in provocative attire comes around, takes your order and later brings you a beer or cocktail. In return you give her a tip but no money for the actual drink.

It seems as if Las Vegas casinos are acting like airlines by charging for every little amenity, that it’s only a matter of time before this time-honored tradition goes the way of hand-pulled slot machines.

In fact, it’s already happening in a sneaky kind of way.

Caesars Palace and MGM Grand are now keeping track of your gambling-to-drinks ratio electronically when playing video poker at casino bars. At Caesars, a green light comes on the machine to tell the bartender you’ve played enough to “earn” a drink while at MGM, the machine distributes a free drink coupon.

At Caesars, to earn a “free” drink, you have to pump money into the machine at the rate of $4 a minute. If you don’t keep pumping money into the machine, it flashes a red light. The casino refers to this system in excellent corporate speak, calling it a “comp validation system.”

But Caesars isn’t alone in utilizing this technology – gamblers/drinkers can also be saying “et tu Brute” at the Palazzo, Hard Rock Lake Tahoe and Westgate. They, too, have implemented this system. Scheduled to follow is Treasure Island, the Hard Rock and even the Golden Nugget, an off=the-Strip casino that built much of its loyalty on being known as one of the cheapest places to game. And drink.

Over at MGM, a representative told the LA Times that “the new technology has eliminated the guessing game for bartenders about how many drinks each guest is eligible to receive based on play.”

More corporate speak.

And with talk like that, you just know the casino executives are already formulating their language for taking away those comped drinks on the casino floor.

One option to get free drinks and gamble is to not even go to Vegas in the first place. Sites like Betway eBet live casino offer on-line gaming and to get a drink all you have to do it go to your fridge or liquor cabinet.

Of course, with that approach you miss out on all the other elements of Vegas, not the least of which is the bars, where you pay for drinks anyway. But it has been a time-honored tradition to get free drinks when gambling, and that was a big reason many of the people going to Vegas to party gambled in the first place.

After all, why pay for drinks when you can get them for free?

These days, you either have to pay for them or spend hours of valuable Vegas time at a table or slot machine. The best option for the social-minded Vegas visitor is to play the electronic poker machines, which are plentiful at casino bars. You might encounter some fun people  there but again, you’re going to have to spend time there rather than roaming around Sin City.

This is a trend that is not only overtaking Vegas but other cites with casinos, too.

So your best bet may indeed be betway88.



Filed Under: Las Vegas Tagged With: free drinks, Las Vegas, resort fees

Comments

  1. www.casinoechtgeldspelen.com says

    June 24, 2018 at 4:27 am

    However, like several other activities and gambles, you can find
    advantages and disadvantages that include it.

    Reply
  2. Brie says

    July 17, 2018 at 10:57 am

    Game over for me. I used to go at least twice a no and have not been since one year ago in two weeks and same last year. I went once in the last two years where I would have put in more than 20 visis per year. Why: not paying to park, not paying resort fees which double the cost of a hotel stay and give you nothing extra, not going toexcessivelt gamble for free drinks. Vegas was not fun the last two times I went when these things occurred. I predict a lot more people will move on.
    Additionally, Magic Apparel Show used to be five days and now is barely 2.5. I skipped out on the last do it shows and do not intend to go moving forward. I went for 27 years prior to all the $$ gouging. I am in my 40s and a prime demo for dropping money (20-30 is prime age, however for Vegas). Happy to have experienced a different era where a lot of the original buildings were still standing. Too much renovation and Vegas is just much the same from Casino to Casino.

    Reply
    • kevinwilkerson says

      July 17, 2018 at 2:59 pm

      Thanks for the comment. All those add-on fees sure makes one hesitate before going to Vegas. Cheers – PubClub.com

      Reply
  3. Mary Spike says

    July 31, 2018 at 12:16 pm

    Instead of taking away free drinks, why don’t they have a monitoring system via the Players Club card. The waitress can scan a member’s card each time she takes them a drink. The card already monitors play, so if the player isn’t playing, they would be charged. I hope nonalcoholic beverages are still free!

    Reply
    • kevinwilkerson says

      July 31, 2018 at 12:31 pm

      That is a GREAT idea!

      Reply
    • kevinwilkerson says

      July 31, 2018 at 2:17 pm

      Non-alcoholic beverages, by the way, are still free.

      Reply

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