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I'm going to explain how the casino comping system works
and to start off I guess I need to explain what a casino comp is
it's really rather simple comp is short for complimentary
and every first to anything that the casino will give you for free
in return for your play and the casino for love them idk where it might be a
ten dollar comp at the coffee shop
but for the high rollers going to bed thousands on the turnover card
accounts could include private jets limousines
gourmet meals and butler service and million-dollar penthouse suites
now you can earn comps playing slots or
other electronic machine to casino as well as for table games
but in this video will only be focusing on table game comps
the important thing to understand about casino comps
is that if you know you're going to be gambling anyway you might as well
asked to get rated to see what you can get back in the way of comps
and here's how it works when you first sat down at a table and be sure to tell
the dealer that you want to be rated
they'll then probably call over supervisor in that pit
he will ask for your player's club card to identify you and then they will track
how long you play
and how much you bet to determine how much you should be given in comps
the supervisor who is also called the floor person won't stand there and
constantly watched you
instead they'll just glance over every once in a while to see how much you're
betting
and noted on a card or if they use electronic system
though and put that information into a computer an important thing to keep in
mind is that if you want to change tables be sure to tell the foreperson
so that they can continue to track your play at the new table
usually a casino will want you to play for at least a combined total of three
hours
and virtually all casinos use the same formula to
calculate your comp value they simply take the size of your average bed
and multiply it by the casinos advantage on the game you're playing
to come up with an expected loss for each time you play they then
multiplied that by the average decisions for our entire game
and that result is then multiplied by the length of your play and
hours the end result is what the casino expects to win from you during your play
and the casino will return anywhere from 10 percent
up to forty percent of that amount to you in the form of cups
cell let's say you're a roulette player that ever just twenty dollars a spin and
you play for four hours
what's that worth and cops well just multiply your average bed up twenty
dollars
by the casinos advantage in roulette which is rounded up to 5.3 percent
to get one dollar and sixth sense which is the average amount the casino expects
to make on you
I'm each spin the wheel you then multiplied that by the average number of
decisions or spends per hour
which is 40 to get forty two dollars in 40 cents
which is the average amount the casino expects to make on you
after one hour then multiply that by the total hours a play which is four
to get 169 dollars sixty cents
which is the average amount the casino expects to make on you
during your four hours a play since the casino will return 10 percent to 40
percent of that amount
calms you should qualify for a minimum up sixteen dollars in 96 cents
to a maximum of sixty seven dollars and 84 cents
in casino cops an important thing to keep in mind about comp is that you
don't have to lose in order to qualify
the casino alling ask that you put in the time to play
so in our example ever after four hours of gambling
are roulette player ended up winning one hundred dollars they would still be
eligible for the same amount of cops
one other thing to mention about cops is that some casino games such as blackjack
require skill
and the casino may adjust its expected advantage over you depending on how well
you play the game
for example a good basic strategy player may be rated at only one half of one
percent
and average player at 1 percent and a player who guesses how to play his cards
could be two percent or higher another interesting example
is that some casino games such as crap offer best that have wildly different
casino advantages
so sometimes adjustments are made and the equation
when determining the casino advantage for example
if you only make pass line bet and take the free odds
you could be rated at less than one percent however
if you make a lot of Parkway bet you could be rated at a house at Juve 9
percent or higher
so there you have it now you know how to earn thompson the casino
and you also know the formula that is used to determine how much you will
earning cops however I did want to make one last final point about turning cops
you should never bet more than you're comfortable with an order to earn more
cops
this means that if you like to bed ten dollars a hand in blackjack
don't start betting twenty-five dollars a hand just earned more cops
what you want to do is our concert gambling that you were going to do
anyway and not risk losing any extra money
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