The more things change, the more bean counters stay the same.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMoving forward, even if your drink is “free,” expect to earn it.<\/p>\n
At the bar, in the sports book, at the slots and table games and anywhere else free hooch is served in Las Vegas casinos.<\/p>\n
Our advice: Sign up for the loyalty club. always use your card. Find a machine with a decent pay table and have a blast.<\/p>\n
That’s why you’re in Vegas in the first place.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Back in the day in Las Vegas, drinks flowed freely. Emphasis on “free.” You gambled, you drank free. Sometimes, you drank free whether you gambled or not. Over time, though, casinos realized the cost of free hooch was affecting their profits, so they started paying more attention to whether guests were playing enough to warrant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,39,24],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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