I found this ad in a Continental in-flight magazine, and I had to share it. I've added some shading and some figures to illustrate the absurdity of their math. Apparently, $20.04 is a larger part of a $100 pie than $79.96-- who knew?By the way, I measured the angles on the chart. For the "left over" portion of the graph to be accurate (given the figures for the expenses shown), the total value would have to be somewhere in the area of $175 to $180.
The ad designer may as well have taken the concept all the way over the top and made the $20 savings take up 95 percent of the pie. As they say in Vegas, go big or go home.
]]>Like every other casino, they give you free drinks while you're gambling.
I like the Strat, and stay there often. It's clean and the rooms are nice. I've stayed up and down the strip. For the price (usually free) the Strat is where I go. I just stayed there for SEMA for five nights, and my bill was $150 total.
I never spend enough time in my room to care if it's got a Monet or a Velvet Elvis on the wall.
]]>We get it...and yeah if you want to play then maybe only spending 2% of what you intended to spend is not bad, but the WIN WIN WIN ads really do try to trick people into thinking that everyone wins. Anyone sensible knows that that simply isn't true.
PS: There's a chain out there called Fat Burger that advertises their burgers as something like 84% fat free. That's 16% fat. Math is fun.
]]>In other words, the costs (which are claimed to be less than $100) are the 5 small pie pieces on the top left adding up to $79.96. The bottom right is all the money you are saving by going to the stratosphere instead of elsewhere (which savings could be hundreds and is not $20.04).
Proof that the foregoing is correct... no casino is going to put out an add that suggest you only spend $20.04 gambling.
Summary for those that don't want to read the above... hang out at the stratosphere if you want cheap food and cheap liquor, and you'll have more money to lose at the casino that you normally would if you had higher costs.
]]>I'll show myself out.
]]>Until the economy recovers and newer flashy casinos are finally build near Stratosphere (some are planned) to draw tourists down that far, Stratosphere will have to keep begging for guests. It could also use a major updating, BTW.
]]>You know who else is notorious for doing this? Congressmen. Watch C-Span sometime and they pull this crap all the time.
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]]>Anyway, I think it's trying to say that all of the costs, which are in the part he shaded green, add up to less than $100. So if you brought $100 with you, you'd still have $20.04 with which to gamble, even after paying for the buffet, drinks, etc.
And then of course, $79.96 ought to take up 79.96% of the graph, when it really takes up more like 46% or so.
]]>I assume Lonestar wouldn't be too cool with me using it for my avatar. But for the time-being it works.
]]>I've always seen your avatar and been curious!
]]>Although, Phil, shouldn't the number in the More to Play With section be $20.03. The ad does say less than $100, not $100 or less.
]]>Sounds dangerous on several levels.
I do give them credit for the no-nonsense approach to the gambling part of it. You'll have $20.04 left over to blow on the slots...with no pretense of that $20.04 landing any winning pulls for extra cash.
]]>$40 to drink and eat all day? Count me IN, pie charts be damned!
]]>At least the SATs are kind enough to remind you...
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* Hey, is there not 8.1% sales tax in Las Vegas?
