How Much Do You Have to Spend to Get High Roller Status at Casinos?
So what’s the number? How much do you have to spend to get High Roller Status at a Casino? We’re a long way from the time when you could dress in your fanciest clothes, sit at a $5 blackjack table for a few hours, and expect the pit boss to give you a bunch of free rooms and meals and other comps.
Casinos pretty much have a set formula now for how much you need to spend before they consider you a high roller. And they won’t tell you what it is.
According to a professional gambler, he got “gold” status at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas after he played several hours at a $5 slot machine, then took his winnings and played at a $25 machine for a few more hours.
Gold status got him free rooms, food, and drinks. He wound up spending about $66,000 on slots the rest of the year . . . with a $2,200 profit. That got him to platinum status with limo rides, a VIP lounge at the casino, and free suites.
Over the course of seven years, he spent $811,000 total on slots and wound up with a net loss of just $34,800. But . . . he estimates he got $60,500 in free perks.
We started talking about casinos and the best “casino related” movies – here’s our five (in no particular order)
- “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001) – A classic heist film featuring an all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon. They plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos in one night – what could possibly go wrong?
- “The Hangover” (2009) – A wild and hilarious adventure in Vegas, where a bachelor party goes awry and the groomsmen wake up with a tiger in their hotel room, a baby in the closet, and no memory of the previous night.
- “Rounders” (1998) – A film about a talented poker player (Matt Damon) who tries to win back his money after losing it all at a high stakes poker game.
- “Casino” (1995) – A classic crime drama set in Las Vegas, featuring Robert De Niro as a gambling expert who rises to power in the city’s criminal underworld.
- “21” (2008) – A film about a group of MIT students who use their math skills to win big at the blackjack tables in Vegas. Just remember, the house always wins…unless you’re a math genius, of course.
We had a whole discussion about Michigan Movies here