What should replace comps with Brick n mortar casinos in online casinos?

[Kakmakr]

You know one of the best advantages you get when you visit a Brick n mortar casino is the fact that some of them provide you with so-called "comps" or complimentary drinks or food or ticket to shows..etc. So when you subtract that cost from your gambling experience, you get a little extra to play with..because you did not have to pay for that. 

It would have been nice, if online casinos could provide alternative online "comps" for online gamblers. Let's take this as an example : You decide that you can gamble a few hours every night or over weekends, but you first have to make dinner or lunch and that takes away some of your gambling time. 

What if these online casinos could partner up with some delivery service to provide complimentary discount vouchers for food delivery or take-away food? Once you gambled a certain amount of money, you can claim a voucher that you can use to order some take away or you can sell that to someone if you cannot use it. (redeemable for say a week)

It would be nice to get back from a hard day at work and not to worry about wasting time to cook food. Just use your vouchers that you received from your previous sessions.

The delivery vouchers can also be replaced by liquor discount vouchers at franchise bottle stores on products that might be on promotion. (So the bottle stores are incentivized by the cheap marketing that are done by the casinos for their promotional products)

Do you think this might work? Let's discuss. 

[rhomelmabini]

Food delivery? That will only work if you are at the nearest region of the said online casino but the redeemable voucher might work especially if they are partnered with your local companies even global ones can do. I think that's a win-win since these online casinos will get advertisements as well from the local companies that might accept the vouchers.

[Lakai01]

You know one of the best advantages you get when you visit a Brick n mortar casino is the fact that some of them provide you with so-called "comps" or complimentary drinks or food or ticket to shows..etc. So when you subtract that cost from your gambling experience, you get a little extra to play with..because you did not have to pay for that. 

I will not go into the Food Delivery Service now, I leave this field to other posters I do have a comment on the comps, though:

In a way, online casinos such as Luckybit and Windice already do that. There are regular events (wagering contests, deposit promotions, ...) which you could count in. Some platforms also offer chat rains, where sometimes not so few free coins are distributed to all players. Here, for example, at Windice:



You could also add to complementaries the level system that some platforms offer. At least this system rewards in a similar way as for example ticket giveways after X visits in offline casinos. So "comps" are already in place in my opinion, and I think they offer a much higher added value than, for example, the free drinks in classic casinos, for which you normally have to pay admission anyway - at least here in my area.

[kryptqnick]

You know one of the best advantages you get when you visit a Brick n mortar casino is the fact that some of them provide you with so-called "comps" or complimentary drinks or food or ticket to shows..etc. So when you subtract that cost from your gambling experience, you get a little extra to play with..because you did not have to pay for that. 

It would have been nice, if online casinos could provide alternative online "comps" for online gamblers. Let's take this as an example : You decide that you can gamble a few hours every night or over weekends, but you first have to make dinner or lunch and that takes away some of your gambling time. 

What if these online casinos could partner up with some delivery service to provide complimentary discount vouchers for food delivery or take-away food? Once you gambled a certain amount of money, you can claim a voucher that you can use to order some take away or you can sell that to someone if you cannot use it. (redeemable for say a week)

It would be nice to get back from a hard day at work and not to worry about wasting time to cook food. Just use your vouchers that you received from your previous sessions.

The delivery vouchers can also be replaced by liquor discount vouchers at franchise bottle stores on products that might be on promotion. (So the bottle stores are incentivized by the cheap marketing that are done by the casinos for their promotional products)

Do you think this might work? Let's discuss. 

I think it's a good idea. I thought about something like this a few years ago. If a person gambles a lot in the casino, it would make sense for this person to be rewarded. But delivery has its solid problems. For one, it's not free, it's an additional cost of sending the food. Another point is that online casinos are usually international, so if the casino's based in Curacao, but the player is in France, it might be difficult to make proper delivery arrangements. Finally, crypto players often care about anonymity and wouldn't want anything delivered to their homes from the casino. Plus, online casinos do have their own ways of encouraging people to stay, such as promos, giveaways and, in some cases, rakeback. To sum up, it sounds like a good idea, but it would be too difficult for casinos to actually go for it.

[DarkDays]

Brick and mortar casinos can only afford to give away these incentives because they typically have a much higher house edge than most online casinos. It is very unlikely for you to see a game with a less than 3% house edge in a physical casino, whereas practically every popular online casino game (at least in the crypto world) has a house edge less than 3%, while many are under 1.5%.

There is nothing else these places can do to incentivize users, unless people want to opt for a higher house edge in return for benefits like these—which I doubt any reasonable person would do.

[Timelord2067]

At the moment UBEReats are delivering for all kinds of fast food franchises.  As you leave the big cities and get into more regional or porvincial areas, how are you going to do door-to-door delivery of fast food?

Drone delivery technology isn't that highly developed as yet and then there is the "freshness" of the delivered product if it takes too long to deliver.

[Kakmakr]

The food delivery voucher do not have to be actual vouchers, they can also credit your balance with a equivalent value if you are in a region that are not covered by these services. Imagine a pop-up pops up saying... "Lunch is on us... here is your X voucher" or "Here is your complimentary drink on us ..adding x amount of Crypto"

Yes, in some countries it might be difficult to implement... but many franchises are in many countries... eg. KFC / MacDonalds / Spar etc.. so you can choose what voucher is applicable in your country and set that as your default service for complimentary gifts.  

#DarkDays : The house edge thingy is debatable, because nobody actually validate these casinos if they are not regulated. The casinos must find ways to get people to spend more time and money on gambling... so why not buy time for them. They pay for these comps by staying longer and playing more.  

[bitcoinst]

The idea is interesting.

In theory, this can work, because as in the case of an offline casino, an online casino is interested in keeping a person in it for as long as possible. Food and drinks provided at home can easily encourage a person to continue to gamble without looking up from the monitor. But the main difference between online and offline casinos lies in the customers.

Local and visitors go offline, but they all remain within the same locality while completely different people from all over the world can play in online casinos,
it will be extremely difficult and costly to coordinate delivery, coupons, discounts with all local eateries. It’s easier to give out free coupons for some games or cashback bonuses.

[target]

That would be for users who are comfortable sharing their data to the casino, its like submitting KYC and fact that they can pay visit to you makes it more dangerous. They could provide options like free slot spin as comps after you deposit some BTC.

Deliveries are usually going to be exploited even Uber can be used to deliver drugs. The possibilities are limitless if casinos provide delivery services.

[dothebeats]

Wagering contests and deposit bonuses IMO should already serve as a nice comp for most players. You're getting more value for your money on these type of promotions compares to physical casinos. Though this might not be an everyday thing, there is still the referral bonus when you manage to get someone under your name and they deposited. You don't get that on physical casinos, and with enough online influence, you can make a ton of money aside from the capital you initially have. Online casinos offer morevalue than the comps they provide you in brick-and-mortar casinos IMO, and whatever extra money you have in you, you can use to buy food or drinks that you fancy (plus you'll have a say on what you really want to munch on, too.).

[AverageGlabella]

This is where the gambling online sector cannot compete with birck n mortar casinos since going to the casino and enjoying all of these things is part of the experience. Its a reason why they do it and it keeps people playing despite them losing a lot of money but people will rationale in their head that this is okay because they are getting all of these things free. That would be difficult online and would be even more difficult since people who use cryptocurrencies are probably going to care about their identity and personal details. A food delivery service would be hard to organize on a mass scale so I don't think the logistics are great for this since most online casinos get accessed from multiple different regions which are spread out so for this to work and to be fair to everyone you would need to pick something you can easily provide to everyone that accesses your website. 

[Wexnident]

It'd probably better if the Casino issued food vouchers but they didn't offer any type of deliveries. It'd be more easier if they instead coordinated with various fast food chains around the country in introducing the food voucher idea. That way, the distance wouldn't matter much since as long as you have that voucher and present it when ordering, that should be more than enough to handle it. The casino would then obtain the summary of the total cost that the food vouchers spent and pay them. There may be a bit more process beneath the plan but the idea could basically be summed up to that. They also don't need to print vouchers since they could just use codes and the like when ordering which is pretty neat, after all, we are using technology to play, might as well apply it when applying freebies right?

[swogerino]

I think that online casinos can only implement other incentives rather than food delivery.They can give you 0.00001% cashback of every spin you make in a slot machine up to a certain limit and they can also offer you free spins when you reach a certain amount of money played in slot machines.Most trusted casinos already do that although not on a regular basis.

[Kakmakr]

Ok, went through all the responses so far and from what I am seeing now is that some people are saying online casinos are giving other "comps" and rewards as a alternative to complimentary drinks and food, when you play online. Example : Rain events / Deposit bonuses / referral systems etc.

This is just not the same for me, I want to have a similar experience when I visit a online casino, compared to the experience I have at a brick n mortar casino. Also remember, the casinos are giving you free drinks, because they know you will make bad financial decisions when you had a little bit too much to drink. (You will be reckless and you will be spending more)

There are a whole science behind the way that Brick n mortar casinos fool you to gamble more.. example : There are no clocks for time in a casino and very little or no natural light, so that you forget about the time. Also sounds and slot machine placement comes into play and also free drinks and food to avoid you moving away from the gambling establishment. 

[swogerino]

Ok, went through all the responses so far and from what I am seeing now is that some people are saying online casinos are giving other "comps" and rewards as a alternative to complimentary drinks and food, when you play online. Example : Rain events / Deposit bonuses / referral systems etc.

This is just not the same for me, I want to have a similar experience when I visit a online casino, compared to the experience I have at a brick n mortar casino. Also remember, the casinos are giving you free drinks, because they know you will make bad financial decisions when you had a little bit too much to drink. (You will be reckless and you will be spending more)

There are a whole science behind the way that Brick n mortar casinos fool you to gamble more.. example : There are no clocks for time in a casino and very little or no natural light, so that you forget about the time. Also sounds and slot machine placement comes into play and also free drinks and food to avoid you moving away from the gambling establishment. 

I am afraid you can only achieve this if you simulate this things in your play environment.You can setup a dark room without light and without clocks and you can buy some wine and food to eat and drink during your gameplay in the online casino you will choose.I am afraid there is no real way for an online casino to offer you what you find in physical casinos.

[Kakmakr]

Ok, went through all the responses so far and from what I am seeing now is that some people are saying online casinos are giving other "comps" and rewards as a alternative to complimentary drinks and food, when you play online. Example : Rain events / Deposit bonuses / referral systems etc.

This is just not the same for me, I want to have a similar experience when I visit a online casino, compared to the experience I have at a brick n mortar casino. Also remember, the casinos are giving you free drinks, because they know you will make bad financial decisions when you had a little bit too much to drink. (You will be reckless and you will be spending more)

There are a whole science behind the way that Brick n mortar casinos fool you to gamble more.. example : There are no clocks for time in a casino and very little or no natural light, so that you forget about the time. Also sounds and slot machine placement comes into play and also free drinks and food to avoid you moving away from the gambling establishment. 

I am afraid you can only achieve this if you simulate this things in your play environment.You can setup a dark room without light and without clocks and you can buy some wine and food to eat and drink during your gameplay in the online casino you will choose.I am afraid there is no real way for an online casino to offer you what you find in physical casinos.

No, you are missing the point. I do not want to simulate the atmosphere of a Brick n Mortar casino, because that will be impossible. I will have to hire people to bring me drinks and food and cash out my winnings and also get people to walk around in my house to gamble with me.

I want online casinos to implement the hospitality of food and beverage complimentary gifts, when you gamble for long hours at their site. I am not too lazy to make food, I just do not want my relaxing experience in front of the computer, being interrupted by the daily tasks of making the food. I would much rather order some takeaways and have it delivered for FREE as a reward for my prolonged gambling activity at the casino. ( I work hard during the day and just want to relax after work or over weekends and forget about Covid-19 and people dying and the stress of work )   

[Ucy]

Not really a good idea as long gambling is concerned. You don't reward gamblers to continue taking big risk... you should instead make sure they bet responsibily and safely whenever they come around to bet.
The food incentive could even lead to betting addiction, and imagine if the food isn't healthy, you would be taking big risk with your money and health.
I think the food thing would be a good idea if casino customers are successful/profitable bettors. And the food will have to very healthy.

 Don't gamble with your health and money. Bet responsibily

[shoreno]

Not really a good idea as long gambling is concerned. You don't reward gamblers to continue taking big risk... you should instead make sure they bet responsibily and safely whenever they come around to bet.

i wouldnt think they would do that because if they do that ,  that can only lead to loss of costumers in the long run   . they are a business too that wants to earn money so they do everything to ensure costumers will keep on coming back for them    .  on one site i saw they give bonus for a loosing bet of a gambler and the more bonus the gambler can recieve the more he loss , thats why many players careless bet huge on them  because they knew that they can get something in return even if they lost     .

[ralle14]

The closest alternative we've got to comps is probably the promotions since like everyone mentioned it would be difficult to serve foods and drinks. Dark pointed out the house edge comparison and I also don't think there would be any better alternative unless you gamble long enough to become a vip and get better rewards like what stake are doing. Vouchers could be possible but it depends if that's what the majority prefer over money.

Not really a good idea as long gambling is concerned. You don't reward gamblers to continue taking big risk... you should instead make sure they bet responsibily and safely whenever they come around to bet.
The food incentive could even lead to betting addiction, and imagine if the food isn't healthy, you would be taking big risk with your money and health.
I think the food thing would be a good idea if casino customers are successful/profitable bettors. And the food will have to very healthy.

 Don't gamble with your health and money. Bet responsibily

Regardless of the food and drinks being served as a bonus the gamblers can always decide if they want to take it or not since there are gamblers that would take anything to make their experience enjoyable.

[sunsilk]

This could work if their gamblers are also located in the same country particularly for the food deliveries.

Yes, in some countries it might be difficult to implement... but many franchises are in many countries... eg. KFC / MacDonalds / Spar etc.. so you can choose what voucher is applicable in your country and set that as your default service for complimentary gifts. 

But for off shore gamblers that has been gambling with them, they could offer some perks that they will make them feel important and appreciated. Like this quoted idea, its the one that could be if most of the establishments that they will be partnering are also operating internationally. Then the off shore gamblers will have that incentive that they could enjoy which will make them go back again and again.

And also will make them loyal, there should also be an option if the gambler wants food or any other option.