$1,000,000 coin-in per year earns 7 Star status.

As promised, I did a walk through of Harrah's KC today. The AA is all still there. Here is a complete listing of the machines with AA: 25c $1 Lower Level 6 At the bar 2 Right across aisle from bar 25c $1 Upper Level- 10 Two banks of 5, most are labeled "Top Award Pays" 6 New "red" consoles 3 New "red" uprights 3 New "red" uprights 5 Old "green" uprights 5 Old "green" uprights So that's 30 quarter and 10 dollar full pay AA machines. Not too bad for a Harrah's...

We made a quick trip to Harrah's this afternoon, just long enough to collect for coupons that were expiring. The upstairs kiosk that had JoB, AA, and Pick'em in both .25 and $1 is missing. The .25 slant tops in the same area were also gone but we found them, just moved across the room. They still had 9/6 JoB. The others may have been there somewhere, we didn't stay long.

As of Friday the 25 cent and dollar AAs along the wall (second floor) were still there and active. The half dozen machines in a kiosk on the other side of the room were still dark -- same as for the past couple weeks. Also still dark are the machines by the deli downstairs. Downstairs by the cashier's cage there is a bank of triple play quarters. One machine, and only one, has 9/6 JOB. The PickE'm at the deli are short pay (3OAK pay 4 instead of 5). The PickE'm upstairs are still full pay.

There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the Reward credits. My wife and I play side by side on the same machines, same game, same amount of time, and we get widely different results. You can ask the slot or promotions personnel and they don't have a clue.

Up until two weeks ago, I was averaging somewhere around 1.5 Bonus Rewards for every Base Reward earned at Harrahs. The last four times I've been the ratio has dropped dramatically - 0.9, 0.2, 0.6 and 0.3 Bonus Rewards for every Base Reward. All I play is quarter All American VP.

Nothing has changed. We were there today and they still have full pay AA in both 25 cent and $1. Also still present are the .25 & $1 9/6 JOB and full pay Pick'em.

Harrah's is our new favorite place to play VP in the Kansas City area. Our Sept bounce back mailings included $250 in cash coupons, four free buffets, a $50 food voucher for any restaurant, some double point coupons, and other promotions. This is in addition to earned Cashback and comps from play. We ducked into the Range and used our $50 food voucher for a very nice meal -- I had rib eye steak and LL had rack of lamb. Very well prepared and tasty; this is one of the better steak houses in Kansas City. When we left around 5:30 the parking garage was full, the parking lots were full, and cars were backed up down Harrah's drive (about a half mile), back up the street, back up the exit ramp and onto the highway itself. At that point we vowed to never come to a weekend promotion at Harrah's again.

Bonus Reward Credits running as low as 1/2 of base credits on positive VP.

It takes 3,000 (increased

1 Base Reward Credit is earned for every $5 coin-in on reel slot machines ($10 video poker), and Bonus Reward Credits are awarded based on the type of machine played. On average you get 2 Bonus Credits and 1 Base Credit for every $10 of VP coin-in (probably fewer Bonus Credits for positive VP machines). It takes 3,000 (increased

Diamond Lounges now require Photo ID to get in and usually you can only take 1 guest. Be sure to have your Diamond/Platinum cards to avoid lines for buffets (find one on the floor if you don't have a card so you can avoid long lines).