I always do.

There are a few places I never expected to be again that I found myself again at. It was nice to at least get a free meal in advance from the play I had the last time.

Player cards are marketing tools for the casino. They want your information so they can send you marketing material via email or snail mail. They give you perks based on your play in the hope they can get you to gamble more with them. They want to entice you to bet more to seek out bigger and better rewards through their comp system.

If getting bombarded with marketing material bothers you or you are not able to control your urge to become a higher level player by gambling more than you planned, then you should not get a player card.

But if those things don’t affect you, go ahead and get a player card at every casino at which you play regularly.

"Eyez" wrote: When going on a trip, and you stop at a casino that you have never played at, is not ‘linked’ to any of the regular casinos that you do play at regularly, does one get a players card for this casino?

Most casinos offer some type of consideration to people who sign up with them for the first time. If they are offering something you can use, go ahead and get their card. If you expect you might play at this casino again in the future, go ahead and get their card. If neither of these are relevant then there is probably no reason to get their card. But as JesJac says, sometimes you play there again even though you did not expect it. You might as well get the card because it could be of some value to you in the future.

But in all situations you must avoid the player card trap at all costs. Do not get enticed by their attempt to get you to play for more to get their rewards. If they give you something for your play, take it and be happy. The advantage play is to take anything they give you without risking any more than you intended to get it.

Playing craps at low bets gets you vary little just to let you know . A;so VP AND kENO TOO .
sLOTS GET THE MOST BUT THE . 🙁 🙁 But true .
Now I was on a trip in Reno and got a players card . But I did ASK what do I get for signing up .If you do not ask they NO TELL .THEY TOLD ME THAT i GOT A FREE MEAL . GREAT THEN AFTER THEY GAVE ME THE VOUCHER I said is there any thing else .They said that I could get show tickets .
This was great since we had not been to one in a long time . While standing in line the couple behind us said that they payed 149.00 for their tickets . I told them how we got ours and they said they would sign up the next day . Thank you .I don’t know if they did .
The show was great but the next trip we asked and they said that we were in the system even tho it was 5 yrs . later .
I one time got 70% off show tickets do to a little lie but not by me but my Aunt saying that the husbands were retired vets .We are retired and veterans .
The thing is that if you don’t ask they don’t tell .So some times it pays to ask more then once .
Your mail BOX will get full .
Good Rolling. 🙂 🙂

We always sign up if we don’t have a card for that casino. If we have had one in the past but don’t have it with us, the pit boss will generally take our drivers license and get us a new card. We do this even if we don’t think we will ever go there again.

The card does not make us play higher or lower longer than we usually do. If the comps come, the comps come. We have our limits which we adhere to religiously. Our 401g determines our level of play–nothing else.

We love to get the offers via email or snail mail or phone calls. We do go often–we are retired so have the time–and if offers are for a place where we usually go or want to go, we are happy to take the free buffets or meal comp dollars, free or discounted rooms etc. If there is an offer in a certainly month or week and we are going anyway we are happy to go pick up the free silverware, cooler, jacket, scarf or what ever. BUT we don’t go out of our way to get this free item. Some of there give away items make good gifts for friends or our kids. One daughter still enjoys the slow cooker that we got a couple of years ago. We go for this only if we are going anyway.

Nice thread. Thanks for posting.

Rose and Doc

Doc did my PM GET TO YOU?
Good Rolling. 🙂 🙂

Finisher, no I did not get your PM. Sorry. Look in my spam and it was not there as well.

Doc

I am with Skinny on this. I won’t get a card at a casino where I have a high probability of not coming back to. Most of the time anyway because it is me, I don’t play with a card at all. I will pay for the room and my eats. I don’t want the recognition

Dom

That is more than understandable Dom.

However, I believe in this one case you are in a class of one. One we all aspire to as far as skill goes.

JJJ

I agree with Jez – Dom is in a class all his own. Also with Dom, that the recognition is not wanted. One casino I use to frequent began to badger me, talk to me when I would throw, hold out the stick so my hand did not cross the center line. This was after we whacked them for a bundle, and I do mean bundle (see the post on "Assault of the HMS Bounti-full"). Now when ever I go to that casino I do not use a players card – if I go at all.

Scooter