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Re:With Shared Software, Landlords Are Teaming Up to Raise R... by PaulHoule on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:46AM (#41235993)
In the case of hotel-casinos however I don't know if I believe in the posted prices at all as a lot of people are getting comps. My mother-in-law has a moderate gambling habit at the local casino and she gets free rooms all the time.

They opened a new hotel-casino near the Catskills that I was thinking about using as a base camp but I thought the posted room rates were insane but I'm sure if you were gambling you'd get a better deal.

Also they end their data in 2022 when the effect of the pandemic was still there to push occupancy down. I remember going to Buffalo a lot around that time and having Priceline put me in various Marriott group hotels at great rates.

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Re:With Shared Software, Landlords Are Teaming Up to Raise R... by al_borland on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:50AM (#41236038)
"Free" isn't exactly free. The casino would not be comping rooms if they weren't more than making up for it on gambling losses from those getting the offers.
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Re:With Shared Software, Landlords Are Teaming Up to Raise R... by PaulHoule on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @10:56AM (#41236109)
Of course. If you gamble today, particularly on the video slots, it all goes on your loyalty card so they know exactly what they can afford to give you in comps.

Comps or not I think the casino is going to look very differently at people who gamble vs people who don't. I mean, paying $140 or $180 for a room makes very little difference if somebody is losing $200 a day and, compared to other properties, the casino has an incentive to fill the hotel completely with gamblers.

(Myself I think about going to Las Vegas for a conference or event like CES but the casinos wouldn't like me because I won't gamble unless the odds are in my favor.)

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