For those going to Las Vegas...

[monapoe]

Heard about this site, wagerworks.com, while browsing a travel board. Thought it would be great for those planning to attend the DOD meeting in Las Vegas. You play casino-like games to earn prizes redeemable in Vegas. I don't benefit from this in anyway, but was hoping some of you could benefit from it. I did do a search and couldn't find any other posts regarding this site. Anyhow, hope some of you can use it!

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From their site:

What Is WagerWorks?


Welcome to WagerWorks, the Internet's newest and most captivating entertainment destination. Now you can use your mouse to cruise the Las Vegas Strip and play the town's most popular slot games. WagerWorks has built an on-line resort showcase that offers site members authentic casino action along with the chance to win fabulous prizes - ranging from all-inclusive, get-away weekends to complimentary show tickets.

Membership is free of charge and registration is quick and easy. Once you become a member, you'll receive an initial balance of game credits. If you ever run out, just answer a few questions or click on a banner ad and we'll give you more. Then pick you favorite casino, your favorite game, and start playing. The longer you play, the more prizes you can win.



And here are the prizes you can win:

MGM Grand Las Vegas Suite Upgrade for 15,000 points

MGM Grand Buffet (free breakfast lunch or dinner) for 4,000 points

EFX Alive Show Ticket (at the MGM Grand) for 10,000 points

New York New York Deluxe Room (2 nights) for 25,000 points

New York New York Room Upgrade for 20,000

New York New York Roller Coaster pass for 3,000


Bellagio Buffet (free meal) for 5,000

Bellagio Deluxe Room (2 nights) for 60,000 points

Mirage Suite Upgrade for 35,000 points

Mirage Deluxe Room (1 night) for 17,000 points

Mirage Buffet (free breakfast, lunch or dinner) for 4,000 points

Mirage Dolphin Habitat Free Admission for 3,000 points


Treasure Island Buffet 2-for-1 (purchase breakfast, lunch or dinner, get the 2nd one free) for 3,000 points

Buccaneer Bay Restaurant (at Treasure Island) 2-for-1 (purchase 1 entree get 2nd entree free) for 4,000 points

Treasure Island Deluxe Room (2 nights) for 30,000 points

Beau Rivage Suite Upgrade for 40,000 points

Beau Rivage Gourmet Dinner (free dinner) for 25,000 points

Beau Rivage Buffet (free breakfast, lunch or dinner) for 3000 points

Beau Rivage Deluxe Room (2 nights) for 30,000 points

[jsalba]

I wonder how long it takes to accrue large amounts of points.

[DIVAGIRL]

I love it! This will be one of my new favorive point sites. we got married in Vegas and are planning on going back-this will make it lots of fun to try to get a free hotel room for that trip! thanks for this info!

[kat]

Jeff,

I found Wagerworks a few weeks back & Steph also posted it in the Vegas thread (with Mayor's permission). It's an easy program to do - just play the the 50 hand poker with max bet and you get one point each time.

I'm over 4000 points now with 12 days of play in and I think we only spend an hour or so a day on the site - so it doesn't take too long to build up points. I don't know that the free rooms are any great deal though, since they can only be used Sun - Thurs and are on a first come/first serve basis (I tried to see when I could get a room - the first one wasn't until June ).

The free buffets are great though, but you have to use them within 90 days of cashing out & you can only ask for 2 in any 90 day period (so it's not like you can get all of your food for a 3 day trip for free! ). But, if you're going as a couple, then you could play under two accounts & double your rewards.

[iluvcoupons]

I've made 500 prize points so far, sure will take a long time to make enough to redeem

[Tracia]

Thanks for the heads up. My husband and I are going to LV in March and it looks promising that we can have a freebie or two by then!

Anyone else know any other site for Vegas freebies??

[usmgrad]

For those of you who aren't able to travel to Las Vegas and live in the Gulf South, the Beau Rivage is in Biloxi, Mississippi. While gambling is not one of my passions, the food, atmosphere and facilities at the Beau Rivage are first rate.

The Beau Rivage is located in the heart of the Biloxi/Gulfport casino strip, the number three gambling destination in the United States (behind Las Vegas and Atlantic City). If you don't gamble, there are plenty of other attractions on the Gulf Coast, including beaches, sport fishing, golf, historical museums, and cultural attractions. Even if you can't make it to Vegas, you could still use Wagerworks to earn a nice little vacation on the Gulf Coast.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. I just couldn't resist the opportunity to promote Mississippi...

P.S. For more information on the casino, visit [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now]; for more information on Biloxi/Gulfport, visit [Only registered and activated users can see links. Either login above or Register Now].

[lsr18]

It seems like an interesting place. Some questions: are the points you acquire good at any of the places, or do you have to acquire them "at" the casino you intend to use them at??

And Kate, you say that you only play for an hour or so a day - but you seem to be acquiring them at 300 an hour, and that would mean you play 5 games a minute - much too fast. Is there another trick to acquiring points???

Otherwise, after about 6 months or so, maybe I'll have enuf for a room. Thanks for the post.

[sushiosushi]

Originally posted by lsr18
It seems like an interesting place. Some questions: are the points you acquire good at any of the places, or do you have to acquire them "at" the casino you intend to use them at??

And Kate, you say that you only play for an hour or so a day - but you seem to be acquiring them at 300 an hour, and that would mean you play 5 games a minute - much too fast. Is there another trick to acquiring points???

Otherwise, after about 6 months or so, maybe I'll have enuf for a room. Thanks for the post.

You can aquire prize points at any of the casinos listed and use it at any of the casinos listed. for each casino, the game credits stay in that casino however. for example, you initially start with 200 credits at each casino. If you play for a while at Mirage and end up at 1000 credits and also got 50 prize points at the end of that session and then the next time you play at MGM Grand. You'll be starting at 200 credits there and the 50 prize points. So its better to just play a long time at 1 casino since you can build up your bank roll and then just randomly play either 50 hand poker or the racing car slots. In either one, I think you get 1 prize points per 1 or 2 hands/spins, but they eat up credits fast if you don't pay attention and just randomly click on the spin button.

Another trick is to hack into their server and give yourself 100000 prize points.

Also, you have to remember most of the room prizes are for the low times (i.e. sunday-thursday, and some are for friday). don't expect to redeem them on weekends since people are willing to pay for rooms then so they don't offer the prize rooms then.

[DIVAGIRL]

thanks for the tip on the 50 hand poker! I was doing the banana-rama and was only getting 1 point for every 3 pulls. this is much better! thanks again. I am up to 1001 points! only 16,000 more to go-ha!

[Tracia]

I'm at over 1500 points for two accounts (one for me, one for my husband) after only a couple of days of playing in the background.

I'm actually aiming for the buffets, though, since you can actually get rooms for not much more than the buffets cost. I want to get the Bellagio buffet, which cost $23.95 each. Our room (for tue-thursday) at the hilton is only costing us $54 per night, and that includes two tickets to Star Trek (worth $25 each), and a meal at Quarks bar (worth at least $10 I would surmise). So we're only spending $20 a night for our room--less than the buffet! And at only 3000-5000 points, I'm hoping to get two buffets each by March when we go. That's still fewer points than one night's stay.

Just my humble bargainer's opinion. :-) I'm so happy I have this board!!