The way casino's comp is a strange mystery ... which the casinos seem to have no intention of changing. At my local slot-holes, the OLGC slots (racetrack and commericial casinos in Ontario, Canada), they have cashback, and meal comps. The amounts are kept separate, but only the cash back amounts are known. Aside from meal comps, I have also had tickets to some concerts ... also, I have been comped tickets at the Niagara Fallsview Casino many times for very good -- top-tier types of acts. Best of all -- I have received comp invites for for limited all-you-can-eat buffets where there are numerous free draws for boths hundreds, and thousands of dollars.

The thing is --- I have also been turned down for comp ticket, comp hotel rooms, comp meals -- and invited to those great all-you-can-eat dinners, and told it was "filled" -- even though I called immediately.

How can I be courted and rejected so much by the same place? Why is the computer programming kept such a secret. Heavens knows I spend enough money in the place ...

Put down the "lack of transperency" for how comps are accumulated as another "bad trend" in slots.

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