Top 5 Reasons Why Players Hate The Player Card

Players by nature are not a superstitious lot but for whatever reason known to them, many players simply avoid availing themselves of a players card offered by the casino like the plague. Player cards are cards that let the casino know when players are due for a comp and to what level they need to achieve to gain a higher level of comps.

Many players cite the common reasons like long lines at the application desk, flimsy give away items, items given no commensurate to their playing skill and so on. What baffles many casino operators is that these cards, in effect, act like magnets for cash bonuses and other incentives for players for FREE yet players decline the card.

Here are the real reasons why the players card has gotten such a bad reputation lately :

1. The card is jinxed. I win more without it and lose more with it.

This is, by far, the number one reason why players shy away from the card. Players and casino personnel may argue about statistics but superstition simply has no equal. Gaming has been built around a lot of stories on hunches, gut feeling, fate, and of course, luck. Possession of a card does not mean players would lose. It is just a marketing ploy spread by other casinos and overzealous players who have nothing else to do but scare players. It is also not true that casinos steal one money more in play. The cards are for comps. Nothing else.

2. People use someone else's card

Casinos realize that when players start gambling, their minds become distracted and they tend to misplace or lose the card on the casino floor. Players do not have to worry about cards being used by other people for the casino has a near limitless amount of them and never ceases distributing them. As long as a approaches the casino staff and ask for a card, they cannot be refused one for the casino know that those who ask for cards would like to avail of the other benefits offered by the casino to them. It is a win-win situation.

3. The card is faulty or the card reader does not work.

All card issued by the casino are guaranteed to work on all of their machines. Perhaps the reason why the cards don't work is that in the heat of the game, players have inserted the card upside down or in the wrong slot. Some players may have mistakenly inserted another card from another casino and in this case the machine would reject the card. Many players use this excuse when they fail to properly insert the card then demand for a free comp afterwards. Players just have to use common sense and follow simple instructions.

4. I only play tables so cards are not needed there.

Players seem to find excuses for not wanting to get a card. They would even go as far as saying that table games have no slot for the card so it is not needed. Players cards do not always have to be swiped. Some can be barcode read or stamped upon. It doesn't mean cards require high tech equipments.

5. Cards are for players who play a lot.

The bottom line is that cards are geared to provide the player with numerous FREE benefits such as front row seats in a boxing match, discounted rooms, discounted or buffet food. Casinos know that these are all done to entice the player the stay but players must realize that without a card, these free items cannot be given to them.