An average bet of $25 - $80 per hand/ four hours a day should qualify you for a meal for two people

in the coffee shop or buffet. You will get free drinks and cigarettes while you are playing and may be

able to sign for drinks at the hotel's bars as long as you don't order anything too exotic.

An average bet of $90 - $130 per hand/ four hours a day will normally get your room comped for

you. You may also be able to sign for meals in the buffet or coffee shop and drinks at the bar.

An average bet of $125 -$175 per hand/ four hours a day will increase your signing power to include

some of the other restaurants but not the gourmet rooms. You will also be able to sign for your drinks at

the bar.

Average bet of $200 - $500/ four hours a day, linked to a credit line of $5000 -$10,000 will

usually get you what is called RFB, or room, food and board. This means you have nearly all the

privileges of a high roller, but spend with caution. If you go to the fancy French restaurant with ten guests

and start ordering bottles of'82 Petrus you might find yourself presented with a bill at check out time.

$500+ average/ four hours a day linked to a $25,000 line. You are starting to move into the realm

of the true VIP. Your requests will be dealt with quickly and efficiently. You can certainly demand that

your airfare be comped on top of everything else. At this level casinos also reimburse losses, generally up

to 5%. This is sometimes referred to as incentive.

$500+ average/ four hours a day linked to a $250,000 line. Congratulations. You have reached the

top of the pile. There is almost nothing that the casino will not do for you but try to act with dignity and

forbearance. Remember in Las Vegas there is always someone with more money than you. Casinos are

fickle friends and if your average bet or your credit/deposit go down, so do your freebies.

A few other things to remember:

If you are staying at a hotel with franchised restaurants, in a shopping mall for instance, your comp

privileges will usually only cover the hotel's restaurants. If you are at the top of the gambling tree they will

pick up the bill for any meal or show in town regardless of which hotel it's at but do check this with your

host. In most cases, if you want a service off property, it's easiest to get you host to make the

reservations for you.

If you are signing for services and negotiating the bill at checkout, try and find a sympathetic host who

will give you some idea of how far you can go. Be careful about abusing comp privileges. Even million

dollar players sometimes find themselves asked to go elsewhere when their comps start to close in on

their losses. Luckily these days it is a player's market and when a casino decides they've had enough of a

player there are twenty more hotels begging him to stay with them.

If you are a slot machine player you still qualify for comp privileges and since slot odds are more in

favour of the house you will probably get slightly more comp for your dollar than playing tables. Join the

slot club at your hotel and remember to insert your card in the machine every time you play.