The ratio for money spent to rewards allotted is a closely held PlayStudios secret. However, this isn’t the only perk paying players are receiving. Apparently, purchasing chip packages can expand the rewards catalogue as well. Members of various myVegas groups have confirmed that purchasing chips have given them access to additional rewards. Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.
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There’s a little known cruise hack that can be had simply by playing video slot games…for free.
MyVegas Rewards Cruises
Currently, the only participating lines are MSC and Royal Caribbean. In the past, I’ve see deals for Carnival and Norwegian, so I’m going to keep checking for those to pop up as well.
MSC
The current MSC offers are all for sailings on MSC Armonia out of Fort Lauderdale in March. These 7 night cruises can be had for as little as 125,000 coins. Taxes and fees are $184. Dates are March 2, March 9, March 23, and March 30.
If I lived in Florida or a neighboring state, I would be jumping all over one of these.
Royal Caribbean
At the moment Royal Caribbean has just one 3-night cruise up for redemption. It goes from Vancouver, Canada, to Victoria, sails around the Puget Sound a little and then concludes in Seattle. Best of all, the sailing date is in May. Plenty of time to plan for flights or other activities to tack on at the beginning of end of the cruise.
This one will cost 500,000 points with taxes and fees of $111.16 per person.
Why Aren’t You Playing?
MyVegas games are fun little gambling apps! It’s free to play. Chips are awarded at timed intervals. You can make in-app purchases for additional virtual gambling money, but I’ve found it really isn’t necessary.
I play fairly passively and have managed to amass over a million coins and have redeemed some for onboard credit during a Royal Caribbean cruise. The opportunity to redeem some of my coins for a cruise is exciting and I hope to be able to take advantage of future free cruise deals.
myVegas is no different than any other consumer product or service, you pay for what you get. Purchasing chips has never been a requirement for the “freemium” game. I’ve had quite a bit of success redeeming valuable rewards at the meager cost of a little bit of free time. Over time, however, players have learned that, if you pay, you tend to get more. The general rule for MLife properties is that a player can redeem 3 rewards every 30 days. However, some people who purchased chip packages soon found out that their reward limit increased. A few have reported being able to redeem as many as 6 rewards in a given trip. The ratio for money spent to rewards allotted is a closely held PlayStudios secret.
However, this isn’t the only perk paying players are receiving. Apparently, purchasing chip packages can expand the rewards catalogue as well. Members of various myVegas groups have confirmed that purchasing chips have given them access to additional rewards. See, it’s this kind of hard-hitting investigative journalism you get here at VFB. When are the Pulitzer winners announced? Anyway, it seems that the $50 package grants access to these unlockables. Though, don’t go making any purchases on my word, as it is not a guarantee. So, what additional rewards are these digital high rollers seeing? Here are a few:
- 2 night comp stays at all MLife properties including Aria and Vdara
- Station Casino comp rooms
- Shaq rewards
Myvegas Rewards List
Obviously, the most valuable of the bunch are the Shaq rewards. Those are priceless. For the record, I reached out to the myVegas team about the change. Here was their response:
Here at myVEGAS we’re constantly testing new features- Rewards, pricing, etc., so that we can optimize the game experience for our players. This means that sometimes one player may have a slightly different experience than another. While these are driven by software and we aren’t able to manually manipulate a specific player’s data, since you’ve expressed interest in this Reward we’ll pass on to our partners that our players would like more of them.
I should note that I never inquired about a specific reward. I merely asked, very generally, if players who purchase chip packages have access to different rewards. This is good to know, though. myVegas actually has no control over anything, you guys. It’s all controlled by something called ‘software’. They can’t do anything about the way the game operates or what we have access to. Who even knows how ‘software’ works? Also, I do like that we get to consider pricing a “feature” of a service. The vacuum I bought yesterday had so many features: additional hoses, an elongated swivel neck for hard to reach places, and a very conveniently placed price tag.
Myvegas Rewards Tips
The results of my groundbreaking investigation does not necessarily mean that spending money on the game is a good value play. As we know with the room rewards that are available to us non-paying players, the availability is limited. My advice is to play and pay based on your enjoyment of the game. Using the game simply to get a certain reward may ultimately lead to disappointment. I use myVegas to complement my planned trips; I never use it to determine my itinerary.
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