Hey, did you know drinks are free when gambling in Vegas?
- Bruh, I just lost $300 and got one free beer.
- Well, check out these 15 tips
So that never happens to you again.
If you're out on the casino floor,
don't even bother trying to get a free drink
if it's before 10:00 AM,
regardless of the casino,
regardless of where you are in the casino
there just are very few cocktail waitresses
out on the floor available before 10:00 AM.
My next piece of advice for free drinks
is to do your gambling at a bar top machine
like the ones here at the Chandelier Bar at Cosmopolitan.
There's a couple rules you need to know
if you're playing at a bar top though.
Number one is you generally
have to put at least $20 into the machine to start.
And number two,
you typically have to be playing consistently
to be able to get those free drinks.
Now, if you're playing in a bar top,
they usually work one of two ways.
Number one is on a ticketing system,
and that is after you play enough,
the machine will spit out a ticket
redeemable for a complimentary drink.
And number two, the more common way
is on a red light, green light system.
Now, only the bartender
can see the red light or green light,
but basically, if you're playing consistently
your light is going to be green,
but if you're not playing consistently
your light is going to turn red.
And if it does, the bartender will tell you,
"Hey, you gotta play more if you want your drinks comped."
Or you'll just simply have to pay for your drinks.
My next piece of advice
is to take a little stroll around the casino
and sit down where you see cocktail waitresses
because if you see a cocktail waitress right there now,
she's probably going to be in that area frequently.
And the last thing you want to do
is end up in a corner of the casino
that doesn't get a lot of foot traffic
and might only be seen by a cocktail waitress once an hour.
And as I was filming, this 30-second clip just now,
I saw three different cocktail waitresses
here at the Cosmopolitan.
At every casino, many of the cocktail waitresses
are going to go into an unmarked door or doorway
to get to their hidden bar where they get the drinks.
And it's a very good plan
to sit at a machine near where that hidden bar is.
I was just observing the cocktail waitresses
for about 30 seconds here in Cosmopolitan,
and saw that they come out of this store right here.
So anyone working near this area of the casino
is going to be getting their drinks there.
So I'm gonna choose a machine very close to here
to get my complimentary drinks.
One of my favorite tips for getting a lot of free drinks
without losing much money is just playing at a machine
where you can bet a low amount of money
and play methodically.
So don't press the button repeatedly,
let your bonuses play out without skipping the features,
things like that.
Have a conversation with a person next to you,
maybe check your phone, you know,
like things a normal person does,
instead of just tapping as fast as you can at max bet.
Because if you do that,
well, then you're gonna lose a lot of money
and not get very many free drinks at all.
So now let's sit down for a minute
and employ some of these tips that I just taught you.
So I'm in a section of the casino
where I've seen a lot of cocktail waitresses.
Right over there is the door
that the cocktail waitresses go in to get their drinks.
And I found a machine here, a Buffalo Machine,
where I can bet 40 cents at a time.
So let's start playing, start the timer,
see how long it takes them
1. To take my order. and 2. Deliver the drink.
(upbeat funky music)
Could I get a cosmopolitan
and a water please? - Yeah.
- Thank you.
So it took six minutes and 30 seconds
for someone to take my order, which is very typical.
I was expecting it to be under 10 minutes.
(upbeat funky music)
So my order was taken at the six minute 30-second mark,
and then the drink delivered at about the 10 minute mark.
So three and a half minutes after I ordered the drink.
And in that amount of time, I haven't gotten any good wins.
So I am down $4 and 80 cents,
but this has just been an unlucky run.
And this drink, if I went to the bar to get that,
that would've cost me $20 plus tip there.
But instead, here, the drink was free,
and I gave her a $2 tip.
The drinks are complimentary when you're gambling,
but the waitresses work on tips.
So be sure to tip them because if you don't,
she's not gonna come back.
And if you want to ensure the fastest service,
I recommend tipping at least $2 per round.
And if you do this,
she'll in all likelihood, be back very quickly
to get you another drink
before you even finish your first one.
But also very important,
when she comes to deliver the drink,
have your tip ready to go,
and don't make her make change.
Because if you look at it from her perspective,
the amount of money she makes
depends on the amount of tips she can get from each person,
and how many people she can serve in an hour.
So if you have your tip ready to go,
and hand it to her immediately
when she gives you the drink,
you're going to be a much better customer
than someone who has to fumble through their purse
or their wallet,
and she has to wait there for 30 seconds,
waiting for you to get the tip out.
So keep that in mind when it comes to thinking,
"What will make that cocktail waitress
return to you quickly?"
My next piece of advice for you is
the nicer the casino, the better the drinks.
For example, if you go to Harrah's,
which is one of the strips lower-end casinos
and you ask, "What kind of tequila they have?"
they're probably gonna say
something like, "Jose Cuervo Gold."
However, if you come to Cosmopolitan here
you can drink top shelf liquor for free.
For example, the people next to me, when I was playing,
they ordered Johnny Walker Black Label,
but to get even better alcohol,
my next piece of advice
is to head into the high-limit slot room
because there, you're going to get even better service,
faster service, but also higher-quality options.
Like here at Cosmopolitan,
they'll give you basically whatever you want
if you're playing in the high roller room.
So the last time I was playing in here,
I asked for a drink menu
and she came and brought me a drink menu.
The drinks were like 30-some dollars on this,
I ordered one of those, and boom,
got that drink for free playing in the high roller room.
Highly recommend it, regardless of which casino you're in.
And speaking of the high roller room,
if you're playing at a machine near the high roller room,
well, then, that's generally a section of the casino
that gets a very good service
from the cocktail waitresses,
as is if you're playing at a table game,
the table games usually get great service as well.
So let's say I'm here in Vegas with my girlfriend,
and we want to play this machine right here.
Well, we slide two chairs right in front of it,
and we start playing, the both of us on the one machine.
And when the cocktail waitress comes by,
we can order a drink for both of us,
even though we're only playing the one machine.
Now, most casinos will allow you to do this,
but again, if you go to some of those lower-end casinos
they have more strict policies
where they can only serve one drink per machine,
But at a casino like Cosmopolitan, it's gonna be no problem.
And by gambling with a partner and getting a drink
for both you and her,
you are literally doubling
the number of free drinks you're getting
without increasing the amount you're gambling at all.
As a matter of fact, it's even very likely
you'll decrease the amount that you're gambling
because you'll be talking to each other.
Maybe one of you will have a more sane mind,
and if you're losing, well then,
you'll tell the other one, "Okay, let's get up."
Or if you're playing too fast,
one will tell the other person.
"Okay, let's play a little bit slower."
Things like that are gonna save you a lot of money in Vegas.
So let's say you've been playing at a machine
for 20 or 30 minutes
and not a single cocktail waitress has come by.
Well, another trick I have for you
is to hit the Service button on the machine,
although this technically
isn't what the service button is for,
A slot attendant will come over to you,
usually within a minute or two,
and then you can be like,
"Hey, I've been here for 20 minutes, 30 minutes,
whatever it is,
and I haven't seen a cocktail waitress.
Could you see who has this section?
Or see if you can call one over?"
And they'll happily do that.
And generally, after you ask the slot attendant,
you'll see a cocktail waitress within the next five minutes.
And when you haven't seen a cocktail waitress in a while,
well sometimes, it's because
they thought somebody else had that section
or they were confused about who had which section,
And then the part of the casino where you were in
didn't end up getting covered by anyone.
Or sometimes it's a shift change
or someone's in the bathroom.
But yeah, pressing that service button,
and asking a slot attendant
will usually get a cocktail waitress
over to you very quickly.
So Caesar's Entertainment
runs about half of the casinos on The Strip.
And if you happen to be Diamond Status
or above with Caesars,
well then, that gets you access to better drinks.
For example, instead of a coffee,
you could order a latte.
Instead of a regular water, you could ask for a FIJI,
and you can also get higher-quality alcohol there
at those Caesars properties,
if you´re Diamond Status or above.
My next recommendation for you
is to gamble at my favorite casinos,
and these are my favorite
because it's where you can get the best-quality liquor,
the best drinks, complimentary.
And that is here at Cosmopolitan,
but also at Wynn and Encore.
For example, if I go to Encore,
I can order Don Julio Anejo,
and get like two or three ounces of it,
and this is something that goes for
$100 a bottle at Total Wine.
And if you go to a bar,
you're probably gonna be paying like $30+ for that,
but it is free when you're gambling
at these high-end casinos.
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