All good VP now $25 = 1 pt. Check labels on machines.

Visited BAC on October 25th and 26th. The casino floor is undergoing a major refurbishing, section by section. The Park Place Video Poker area was taped off and under reconstruction, all those playable VP machines unavailable. Don't know when, or if, the same machines will be returned.

Bally's has many machines of $.25, $1, $5, $10, and $25 DDB machines (98.98%)

Little Joe's Video Poker Emporium located in the Wild Wild West section has been closed ! The machines have not been relocated and there is nothing there that is playable.

The (9) 3-play 99.17% BP Prog. remain. The 4 progressives start at $1000, $1100, $1200 for hands one, two, three and $4000 for a dealt royal.

The 3 play $1 JoB machines (there are 6 of them, and they are not progressive) only give half the rewards and tier points as the rest of the machines in the joint. I only saw 6 (not 8) $1 JoB machines that allowed 5-10 credits, and they were usually taken. They gave reward and tier points at the normal rate, though. On a side note, this casino is a dump and the atmosphere is terrible.

There are no longer any FP 9/6 JOB higher than $1. The machines that were $1/$2 are now only $1. There have been no $5 or higher for several months.

MIA: $5 9/6 JoB

$4 Parking (usually) for non Total Rewards members. During
busier times, only Platinum or higher will get free parking.
Slot club operates on a "Don't ask, don't tell" basis. The amount of coin-in required to earn
bonus reward credits varies, depending on machine played and whether you win or lose.
Harrah's FAQ

*** MIA - *** (4) 25c 9/6 JoB upstairs in Claridge near the parking garage entrance. (1) 25c MG 8/5 BP & 9/7 DB upstairs in Claridge near the parking garage entrance.

*** MIA - *** (3) $1 MG (3 Play) 9/5 JWD slant-tops in Tower Slots immediately to the left of the entrance.

*** MIA - *** (12) 25c 99.9% PKM (PKM Plus) - 4th bank on left as you enter on ground floor of Claridge.

The CB or BBC at Ballys and Caesars on their database pages implies that they are using the same formula. In fact this is not so. Ballys definitely gives more CB(BBC) than Caesars. Estimates are that Ballys is .23 % and Caesars is about .1-.15%. There is great fluctuation at Caesars. At times I've only received about .05% which is why I will not play there anymore. Perhaps Caesars raises its BB % based upon coin-in. Ballys has a more constant rate. Also Ballys datapage lists BBC of .1% good for a year if you earn 4500RC/month. In fact this is not bounceback but is bonus cash redeemable on certain specific days and in some cases is good for 2x/month therefore raising the %.

Part 2: My apologies to everyone, there is still a $1 PROG JoB bank of machines in the Park Place Video Poker (in the smoking section). As I mentioned previously, I am working on rechecking the PPVP and Tower Slots areas to make sure the listed information is still current. Part 1: The VP areas in Bally’s Park Place have seen a continuing shake up with all of the 25¢ Pick’em machines moved to the ground floor of the Claridge casino. In addition, the $1 progressive banks of JoB and Bonus Poker have been disabled and replaced with a variety of 25¢ video poker machines. This has been offset to some extent with a $1 8/5 Bonus Poker progressive machine(s?) in the smoking area of the Park Place Video Poker section. For everyone’s information the PPVP area has been split into smoking – the first two rows (I believe) of machines nearest the lobby and non-smoking, which is everything else. The large group of video poker machines located to the right of the Big 6 wheel is all marked as non-smoking. Another item of interest is the current bonus reward credits being awarded. Several people have noted that they were getting zero or very few bonus RC’s when playing JoB. I also noticed this when playing the Triple Play BP progressives. There are some possibilities for this to my way of thinking: 1) Harrah’s is reducing the perks associated with the better paying VP games. 2) The current Choice Rewards promotion going on in August is affecting bonus RC’s. This promotion allows players to select from tiers of gifts depending on the number of base reward credits earned – without using any of the earned credits. Like the 3x cashback promotion earlier this year, I suspect that this promotion is partially funded by reducing the rates at which bonus credits are earned. I am planning on checking the PPVP and Tower Slots area more thoroughly later this month and will post another report then.

*** MIA - *** $1 8/5 BP PROG bank in Park Place Video Poker area.

Many changes are afoot in Bally’s over the past few months, most notably the removal of the $1 PKM machine located just outside the Park Place Video Poker area with a slot machine. It gets a little bit confusing after that. They have shifted some machines around - including relocating the 4 $2 JoB/BP Multigame machines out of Tower Slots and making them $1 machines in the Park Place Video Poker area instead. While the 9/6 paytable has been retained for JoB, there is no confirmation yet if they kept the BP at 8/5 or if it was downgraded. I also got word that the $1 JoB machine outside the Mountain Bar is gone (I never could find it myself). Like all the Atlantic City casinos, Bally’s has marked large areas of the casinos as non-smoking. Ok, they just put signs on top of the machines but it’s a start if you’re not keen on all the smoke like me. The Tower Slots room is still smoking, as are the table game areas. While most of Park Place Video Poker is non-smoking, the banks closest to the reception area are still smoking. So don’t expect a completely smoke free experience as you still have smoking areas directly adjacent to Park Place VP. Most of Claridge and large sections of WWW are now non-smoking, so if you like the Triple Play .25 Bonus Poker progressive machines, you may want to consider playing the bank just outside Little Joes VP area in WWW. Finally, I’d be remiss if I didn’t note that I should really change the BBC calculations to “theoretical” as it appears that percentage may change if they are running a big promotion like the 3x cashback. If anyone has any insights on the cashback calculations I’d love to hear from you. Many thanks to the people emailing changes to me and sincerest apologies for not getting this updated sooner!