[DrewADesign]

I am actually up all the drinks I got comped in Vegas. I sit down at the penny slots and bet one penny one row until I get offered a free drink. I tip the server $3, bet two more pennies for good measure, get up, and walk out with the drink in my hand. I just got like a $3.10 Manhattan for walking around the strip, including tip, courtesy of some business that was low-key trying to scam me and deserves to have less money than they do.

[Lerc]

The casino runs the probabilies on the customers too. You get the Manhattan because it, on average, gives them a return.

They probably aren't making a loss on the $3.10 Manhatten either.

[DrewADesign]

I worked in the bar business and know what a shot of rail bourbon costs with a volume discount, and the ten cents they get from the slot machine definitely does not cover it. I’m happy to give the server $3 for their effort.

They’re obviously doing it because it’s profitable. If they were being genuinely altruistic, I’d be much less likely to take advantage of it.

[JackFr]

I not sure what crap casino you're going to, but there are no penny slots in Vegas.

https://www.casino.org/news/vegas-myths-re-busted-the-end-of...

[DrewADesign]

Last time I went was well pre-pandemic so it’s probably changed. Not going to Vegas is another way to not lose money in Vegas.