How to Get Free Food in Las Vegas

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Vegas visitors can get free meals for gambling, or they can use coupons the casinos give away.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Getting Started

Step1

Call the casino/hotel where you will be staying and ask if it offers its guests funbooks. Call other casino/hotels and ask if they offer funbooks for players.

Step2

Consult the "Las Vegas Advisor."

Step3

Use free meal coupons whenever possible.

In the Casino

Step1

Go to the promotions booth whenever you decide to play at a particular casino.

Step2

Fill out and turn in an application for a player's card.

Step3

Pick up the card.

Step4

Present the card whenever you play at a table game, or insert it in the card reader whenever you play at a machine.

Step5

Request a meal comp at the desired restaurant after playing for at least 1 hour. Give your player's card to the pit boss or promotions desk clerk while doing so.

Tips & Warnings

The "Las Vegas Advisor" is a monthly newsletter listing some of the best deals and funbooks in town.
A funbook is a book of coupons handed out to casino customers and hotel guests.
You will acquire comp points for casino play. The more you bet, the more food comps you are entitled to.
Comps are the complimentary, or free, items given to a player by the casino as an incentive to remain in the casino and continue playing. Comps are usually rooms, meals, show tickets or transportation.
Don't hesitate to ask for a free meal if you have been playing for some time. Remember that you are in a casino.

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jromewilly said

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on 6/30/2008 I've worked in Las Vegas hotels for the last 32 years,(now retired) the last 17 years at Caesars Palace and recently the Venetian, as a floor supervisor and Pit Manager. Comps are now generated by a computer matrix based on time played and average bet. Your history with that casino is also thrown in. I can tell you that $5 to about $15 per bet for an hour will not get you free anything. If you kept playing you might qualify for the buffet(Venetian doesn't have one) or coffee shop. To qualify for a room or one of the gourmet rooms you need to be betting minium $100-$200 hand for at least 2-3 hours, if not more. In which case it would cost less if you just went and bought it yourself. I don't know how the other casinos work but in the higher echelon ones this is the case.(Wynn, Belagio, MGM, Caesars, Venetian, Palazzo, Mandalay Bay, Mirage etc.) Each one having their own criteria

Anonymous said

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on 11/22/2005 The Bellagio has one of the best buffets in town. It can be expensive, but here is what you can do: Get to the buffet around 3:30 pm (for the end of the lunch buffet). Eat a little bit of the lunch buffet and then play some Keno until they bring out the dinner buffet around 4:30 pm. If you have the time to do this, you can get a great assortment of foods and eat cheaply at the Bellagio.

Anonymous said

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on 11/22/2005 Hotels and casinos in Vegas cater to those who spend money, and they treat them well. The trick is to register and use your card if you're a gambler. Others - like me - get stuck in the distant, second-class rooms while you get the perks.

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