Our longstanding advice is casino visitors should (almost) always use a players card. But a player wondered if there may be a practical reason why that wouldn’t be possible:
Quick question: Does every casino have player cards?
Rubyanna H.
While we can remember scenarios in our gambling history where a players card was not available, it’s been a long time. The data that casinos are able to collect, and use to entice you back, is a very valuable component.
Still, these systems cost money to implement and operate, so where we’ve generally encountered the lack of a players card program in the past has predominantly been smaller gambling facilities where the cost was simply not worth it.
There’s one notable exception where we know a players card system doesn’t exist, and the machines even have players card slots on them, and that is the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas (as well as the Reno airport, for that matter).
But these are not casino locations, and there’s no real value in capturing data because it’s not like they can woo you in with a casino offer. Most of the machines are past security, where you’d need a plane ticket to be able to play, and both are in markets where there’s plenty more opportunities to play slots in actual casinos.
On the other hand, even smaller operations like taverns will often offer a players club, because they can woo players back in with offers to drive food sales or more play. The economic value tends to outweigh the cost.
So ultimately, while we would expect there to be a few outliers, overall most locations are bound to have some sort of players card offering. And that means it’s likely worth signing up so you get some sort of benefits back from your play.
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