While it doesn't hurt to deposit $5,000
or so in the cage and draw marker after marker, contrary to popular belief, you
don't have to be a high-roller to get comped. Getting your fair share of
complimentary services (rooms, food, show tickets, front row seats, limos) is
not reserved exclusively for black action ($100) players. Green and even red
action is sufficient to get you some of the goodies if you know how to work the
pit boss. (That's right, kiddies, just like the difference between a tinhorn
and a professional card player, there are indeed more than a few tricks to
milking the pit for comps.)
Tricks of the
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Comped players, like blondes, invariably have more fun. However,
unless you are prepared to sit at a table for hours on end grinding out those
quarter ($25) bets until the cows come home, don't be surprised if the pit boss
looks down his bulbous nose at you after accessing your rating only to inform
you that "Your play does not warrant" that dinner for two, or those
fight tickets you had your heart set on. Depending on which part of the country
you frequent, comp policies vary from town to town and even from casino to
casino.
