I understand there are 2 casinos in Foxwoods- MGM and Foxwoods. Are these both owned by MGM or is one independent? Does the MGM use the same MGM player card system as the other MGM properites?
There are 6 casinos within Foxwods. They are all Foxwods imho. I think they do this to psychologically make a player think that he's in another casino, but he's not. Not really. Same property. MGM is the name of their events center. Not sure if it's a casino, but I doubt Foxwods would use same cards as other MGM properties. I don't get player cards. Maybe someone who does can be more definitive
Management imagined that the way to attract a fresh bevy of whales is to lure them with a notion derived from the marketing concepts of "loyalty" and "brand recognition"
I understand that $350,000 was the negotiated fee that the tribe paid to M.G.M. for the right to use their name.
M.G.M. has no involvement in the casino enterprise.
The state compact inked by the tribe prevents ANY outside corporate entity or individual to own or operate a share of the casino.
I almost always get cards. No card and big bets = quick call to surveillance. Cash back has probably acoounted for about 20% of my cumulative win at BJ. that is not counting comped rooms and meals. Without getting comped rooms and meals, most trips would be cost prohibitive. Once you get backed off on a card, if you come back giving no card you are at the same point.
I recently got a $1000 cash (chips) from a casino I was told no more BJ about a year ago. i went in got the chips, played them at craps table (a few hundred at a time), cashed out and left. Had I never given a card at this place, I probably would have been told no more BJ a lot sooner and probably missed out on about $5000-10,000 in cash/coupons + about 10 free nights and too many buffets.
I want to remain as anonymous as possible. When I go Fxwds, I don't stay there. I get a card in AC or Vegas for the place I'm staying, but nowhere else. To each his own. A non-counter friend of mine was overpaid ~$90 after coloring in. I don't remember exactly, but
< $100. The casino called him at home & told him he should return it the next time he came back to the casino. They found him on the tape & got his name from the card.
