Page 13 - August 2007 • Southern California Gaming Guide

August 2007 Bingo Calendar
AGUA CALIENTE CASINO
Bingo daily (except Fridays). Info: 760-321-2000.
FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO BINGO PALACE
Open daily. Matinees Mon.–Sat. 2:30 p.m., Sunday 7p.m. Main Session Mon.–Sat. 6:30 p.m. and Sun. 2 p.m. Main session buy-ins are $15 pays $600 or $25 pays $1,199 unless otherwise noted. Bingo Information Line, 800-827-2946.
August Specials: Sundays: $15/$25 buy-in; free $5 start-up; Electronic Max Pack double cards. Monday,
August 6, 13 & 20: Electronic Max Pack Double Cards paying $600/$1,199; $10 paper pays $500, $3 side packs pay $1,000; Elvis Dauber Night. Monday, August 27: $15/$25 buy-in, 1,000 Club Fantasy points. Tuesdays: $15 Axe the Tax pays $1,199. Wednesday, August 1, 8, 15 & 22: WOW 2 for 1 matinee specials; $5 buy-in pays $500 evening sessions. Wednesday, August 29: $3,000 Fantasy Bonanza Game, $15/$25 buy-in. Thursdays: Electronic Max Pack Double Cards paying $600/$1,199; $10 paper pays $500, $3 side packs pay $1,000. Fridays: 5-4-5 Friday, $5 buy-in pays $500 with Electronic Minimum $30. Saturdays: Super “C” Electronic Pack/90 main game cards. .
MORONGO CASINO RESORT SPA
Bingo Wed–Sun. Phone: 1-800-252-4499 ext. 3954.
SAN MANUEL INDIAN BINGO & CASINO
Bingo daily (except ursdays). Call 1-800-359-2464.
SOBOBA CASINO
Tues. – Sat. 9 a.m., Early Birds, Regular Sessions and Intermission Games: $10 buy-in, $15 games paying up to $250, three specials pay $500 each. Phone: 1-888-772-7626.
August Specials: Tuesdays: 8 a.m. Bingo Birthday Packs for all customers with August birthdays. Wednesdays: 8 a.m. Bermuda Triangle $400/$800 payout. Thursdays: Four drawings for $25 Super Wal*Mart gift cards. Fridays: 1st game pays $100, last game pays $500. Saturdays: ree specials paying $300, $400 and $500.
SYCUAN CASINO BINGO PALACE
Matinee Bingo Daily 9:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., and 2 p.m., $10 buy-in, 10 regular games pay $300; Saturday & Sunday Matinee I free breakfast; Matinee II and III, $10 buy-in, 10 regular games pay $500, $3 Star Bonus Packs pay $500; Treasure Hunt Bingo (Sat)/Bullseye Bingo (Sun) pay $1,000. Evening Sessions daily at 7 p.m.; Monday– ursday $10 pack pays $1,000, $3 Star Bonus Pack pays $1,000; Friday–Sunday, $10 pays $1,199, $3 Star packs pay $750, $5 Star packs pay $1,199; Saturday $10 pays $1,199. Fridays, $5,000 Circle 8 must go; Sundays, $5000 Casino Bingo must go. Phone: 1-800-2-sycuan.
VIEJAS CASINO & OUTLET CENTER
Mon. – Fri. Matinees: 11 a.m., 2 p.m., $10 buy-in pays $300; Early Birds and Warm Ups: 6:30 p.m. Evening Session: 7:30 p.m. , $10 buy-in pays $1,000; $18 buy-in
pays $1,500. Saturday Matinees: 11 a.m., 2 p.m., $10 buy-in pays $300; Evening Session: 7:30 p.m. , $15 buy-in pays $1,199. Sunday: Matinee I, 11a.m., Matinee II, 2 p.m., $10 buy-in pays $300; Evening Session: 5 p.m., $16 buy-in pays $1,500. No Early Birds or Warm-Ups on Sundays. Phone: 619-445-5400.
August Specials: Triple Point Mondays all month long for Matinee I and II and Evening Sessions. Five Dollar Wednesdays: Every Wednesday night in August, the Evening session buy-in is just $5. All regular games pay $1,000.
Beach Bag Bingo: Tuesday, August 21st, during the Evening session, all guests will receive a free beach bag with their V Club card and $10 buy-in. Select beach bags will have special prizes inside—including instant cash.
16th Anniversary Bingo Celebration: Saturday, September 15, Main Event 4 p.m., $100 buy-in, regular games pay $5,000 to $10,000; $4,000 Must Go
VIPick’em, Jackpot and Bonanza; $5,000 Must Go Double Action; $10,000 Must Go Texas Blackout. Free gift for rst 500 pre-sales. Pre-sales begin August 1st.
are those casinos that have POP (point of purchase) systems. At the restaurant or other casino outlets, you give the cashier your players card, and the appropriate number of points is removed from your account to pay for what you’re buying.
You can often get discounts in a casino (what I call “partial comps”) with little and even no play at the games,
by just having a players card. In many casinos, ashing this card will give you an automatic discount (often 10%) at restaurants, gift shops, and other retail outlets. It never hurts to ask if there is a players club member discount! And giving your players card number can often get you a discounted room rate when you are making hotel reservations, or even nd a room for you when the hotel is “sold out” since they keep back some
rooms for players club members.
Never play without your players club card. It is the
path to valuable comps.
Look for Jean Scott’s new publication, The Frugal Video Poker Scouting Guide that lists video poker pay schedules and a mini-wealth of video poker information. Check out www.QueenofComps.com online or call 1-877-798-7-RGE for information.
Jean Scott, The Frugal GamblerTM
GAetting Comps Through the Players Club
lthough you can get comps through casino mail o ers and from casino hosts, the players club is the comp system used by most low-roller slot players. Of course, there are as many di erent players club systems as there are casinos, so the mechanics of getting
comps through the players club can vary widely from one casino to another. However, you’ll nd that there’s usually some fairly easy way to get comps at the players club booth.
Best scenario: ere’s a “comp menu” in a players club brochure, listing the available comps and how many points it takes to get them. When you earn the speci ed number of points, you go to the players club or to a kiosk and redeem your points for the chosen comp. However, there are still some players clubs that like to keep the details of their system secret, so after you’ve nished playing, you must go to the club, queue up and ask what comps you’ve earned.
Advantages of the Players Club Comp System
Although room and food comps are the most common, some clubs o er a wide selection of comps to choose from including concerts, spa and salon services, golf and gift items. Our favorite use of players club points is to get gift certi cates that we can use to shop for what I call “make-your-own comps”: clothes, groceries, gas, electronics, and household needs are some of
the very practical things the casinos have been good enough to provide us.
People like getting comps through the players club because it’s usually clear to see what amount of play gets speci c bene ts. Because the comps are directly related to points, people aren’t made to feel like they’re begging; they’ve “earned” the comp. Unlike getting comps from a host, most players clubs allow people to get comps without the fear and embarrassment of being turned down.
It’s usually an easy process to redeem points for comps. You simply go the players club where they check your account and immediately write or print out the comp. Some casinos have made it even easier, with a redemption program built into the players club system so you can comp yourself right at your machine, or at electronic kiosks where you can print out your own comps and skip the line at the players club. e easiest
August 2007
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
Page 13
Bingo Calendar Jean Scott, The Frugal GamblerTM