Due For A Win: The Atlantic City Podcast
Nov 2, 2026 · 48 min · 11 segments
On episode 291 of the Atlantic City (and casino biz) podcast, Kyle and Craig spend 10 minutes discussing the value of free drinks on the casino floor, then talk about…
And we've also said previously how much of a detriment it is to go to a casino where the drinks are not comped.
How much daily free play would you need to make up for having no free drinks at the casino? Like if all of Atlantic City just banned free drinks, but then your favorite casino bally's was like, we'll make this up to you by giving you $100 a day every time you come in and free play.
One is the status quo, and one is there's no more free drinks at the casino, but I get $100 in free play every day.
No, the obvious answer, if I want to look at this mathematically, yeah, of course you take the $100 of free play and you buy your drinks and it's fine.
Because one, I wouldn't be just idiotically getting more drinks that I don't even want just because they're free, which frankly, I probably do half the time.
Two, like I'd probably try to get like somewhat higher quality stuff or like something that I actually want instead of just like...
And we've also said previously how much of a detriment it is to go to a casino where the drinks are not comped.
How much daily free play would you need to make up for having no free drinks at the casino? Like if all of Atlantic City just banned free drinks, but then your favorite casino bally's was like, we'll make this up to you by giving you $100 a day every time you come in and free play.
One is the status quo, and one is there's no more free drinks at the casino, but I get $100 in free play every day.
No, the obvious answer, if I want to look at this mathematically, yeah, of course you take the $100 of free play and you buy your drinks and it's fine.
Because one, I wouldn't be just idiotically getting more drinks that I don't even want just because they're free, which frankly, I probably do half the time.
Two, like I'd probably try to get like somewhat higher quality stuff or like something that I actually want instead of just like...
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