How To Get Casino Comps

How to get casino comps used to be a mystery. Casino pit bosses and hosts used to make up the rules as far as handing out complimentary goodies to high rollers. Now the rules are different. Today any player can get casino comps just by using their player’s card.

1. Apply for a casino comps card (AKA player’s card or club card). This is the first and most important step to get casino comps. Casino comps cards track your play and put comp dollars or points in an account for you based on how much you gamble. Each casino has a player’s center where you can sign up. It doesn’t take a long. A casino rep will collect your information and issue you a card within minutes.
2. Use your card every time you gamble. When playing table games like Blackjack, Roulette and craps give your comps card to the dealer and let him or her know you’d like to be tracked. Slot machines are easier. Just slip your comps card into the machine’s reader before you play. Every minute you play on the tables and every dollar you put into a slot machine counts towards your comps. If you play without using your player’s card you can’t get casino comps for that time or money back.
3. Find out about gambling promotions. Many casinos offer double or even triple comp points or dollars on slow days to drum up business. By gambling on these days instead of the weekend you can rack up more casino comps.
4. Use your comps. Talk to a casino host or a customer service rep when you’re ready to exchange your comps points or dollars for complimentary meals, clothing, tickets and rooms. Larger resort casinos may also have comp ATMs where you can actually use your comp card to comp yourself.  

Tip:

Pick one casino to be your home base and do most of gambling there. This way you can rack up more comps faster rather than getting modest comps at several casinos.

Warnings:

Keep track of your comp dollars or points and use them. Some casinos’ comps expire if you don’t use them within a certain amount of time.