Vegas, Baby!!!
Just got back from a family trip to Las Vegas, in May!
Had a great time with my wife’s family, and had some fabulous experiences… thanks to MyVegas*!
We enjoyed the Zarkana Cirque du Soleil show, and the Mirage and Bellagio Buffets, using MyVegas redemptions.
The rules have changed, so now you can “purchase” multiple items, as long as you don’t redeem more than 3 MGM rewards in any 30 day rolling period. (Read the fine print) You have no longer than 90 days of purchase, to redeem any OTHER rewards (if you are taking multiple trips). (Read the fine print)
There are some limits on how many of any one “item” you can redeem. (Read the fine print)
There is also some very specific fine print on different rewards, regarding black out dates, whether a MGM Resort Hotel stay is required, “get one free when some condition is met”… and more. (Read the fine print)
It is important to scope out ALL the details, and read ALL the fine print… IN ADVANCE of booking the rewards, to avoid being disappointed, by booking something that isn’t what you thought it was.
(Which is why, I believe, they leave the unavailable rewards up… so you can review the “fine print” and make sure your i’s are dotted and t’s are crossed.)
* For those wondering: I got no undue benefit by being a MyVegas blogger. I earned my Loyalty Points and sweated out redeeming rewards, checking hourly over several weeks, looking for available redemptions that fit our plans and schedule, just like everyone else has to.
Change On Many Fronts
Whew… What a whirlwind!
The folks at PlayStudios have been busy on many fronts:
- Mobile MyVegas
- Mobile BlackJack
- Facebook Game
- Shaq-tastic new games and challenges
There are puzzles and challenges, galore… and tons of new games on the various different versions… as well as new Mobile MyVegas Strip Challenges, and new ways to collect Chips for Mobile BlackJack.
And… that you can use MORE than 3 myVEGAS Rewards? In addition to the MGM property rewards, you can enjoy rewards from Wolfgang Puck, Las Vegas Monorail, Station Casinos, House of Blues Las Vegas, & more! (Stores, restaurants and attractions that are not part of MGM Resorts, but partners.) It is important to check the individual details on the Usage Limitations details on the Rewards Browser.
Here, at LetTheChipsFall, we’ve been working on updating our website layout, Level Data, information, and trying to keep up with the changes!
Good luck, in whatever version of MyVegas, you play!
Summer BBQ Quest
The MyVegas folks have brought back a fave Quest game on Facebook… the Bar-B-Quest. (AKA the Summer Sizzle Quest)
As always, you just have to play any MyVegas Slot Game, and the play pieces are collected automatically for you.
There are five categories. You need to collect: Skewers, Hot Dogs, Burgers, Corn, Roast Veggies.
The Bonus multiplier varies depending on the Facebook Game Level you’ve achieved.
Good luck !!!
Two New MyVegas Games
A busy week for the MyVegas / Playstudios folk, as they unveiled ‘Around The World In 80 Plays’ on the Mobile App, and ‘The Misadventures of Sheerluck Hound’ on the Facebook Version.
The Misadventures of Sheerluck Hound
This is a five reel Slot Game, with icons based on the characters of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes books. (Sheerluck Hound, evil genius Professor Meowiarti, Doctor Wheaten, Miss Adler, pistol, smoking pipe, deerstalker hat, magnifying glass… as well as wild icons and more.
As you collect the ‘Investigate Bonus’ Paw icons, you collect paws in the magnifying glass handle, at the bottom of the reel area. Turn all the 16 paws to gold, and you enter the Bonus Game round.
The Bonus Game is a ‘find the object’ style of game, where you are given a limited amount of time to find six items in the picture, which are ‘hiding in plain sight.’
In the image above, you need to find the six items listed at the bottom of the picture… (dagger, burlap sack, lock, rope, wood pile and shamrock.) (FYI… If you close the game and restart it, the items change.)
If you do not find all the items, you have to collect gold paws again, in order to have a chance to re-play the scene again, with new items.
As you successfully progress through each of these ‘crime scenes’, there are clues, which the characters use to try to solve the ‘crimes’ that nefarious evil genius Meowiarti, has committed.
Once you get through ALL the different scenes, you have to ‘solve’ where Miss Adler is, and when you guess right, there is a Bonus Reward of Chips.
Around The World In 80 Plays
The ‘Around The World In 80 Plays’ Game is a Mobile version of the Facebook Game.
Like the Sheerluck Hound game, it is a ‘find the object’ style of game, where you are given a limited amount of time to find objects in the picture, which are ‘hiding in plain sight.’
The character tiles in this game (not surprisingly) are based on Jules Verne’s “Around the World In 80 Days” with the familiar characters of Mr. Fogg, Passepartout, Detective Fix and Ms. Aouda… and other icons from the ’80 Days’ theme… passports, telescopes, compass, and sextant, as well as Travel icons. Not sure why, but the main character in the game is a lady not in the book.
The premise is to travel around the globe, in 80 days or less. The journey starts (and ends) in England, and goes to destinations in Africa, India, Japan and Spain.
The game starts in the regular spinning reels game, where you collect Bonus Travel icons, representing transportation appropriate for that portion of the journey… boat, train, plane, hot air balloon and (OF COURSE) elephant. #DUH (In the image below, the BOAT BONUS icon can be seen at the bottom left.)
At each of the five destinations, there is a bonus screen, with a “find the mystery objects in the picture” bonus round.
The object is to find six objects from the list, in the quickest amount of time. During the challenge, at the bottom left of the screen, the remaining days count down. You can gauge, depending on how long it takes to find the items, whether you want to keep your results, or retry that leg of the challenge. You also get varying amounts of free spins, based on how quickly you complete the challenge.
It is great that the folks at PlayStudios continue to develop and tweak games and are open to feedback. THAT is a big part of what is making MyVegas continue to thrive, and be successful. (Apart from the rewards, of course)
Good luck !!!
Mother’s Day Challenge
Now through May 11th, there is a Mother’s Day-themed Challenge Game, when you play any Slot Game on the Facebook version of MyVegas.
Over the coming days, as you play any Slot Game, you automatically collect different items towards the number the Challenge requires. When you collect all the items, you get to scratch a bonus card to win Bonus Chips.
Work through all the Scratch Cards for each day, and you get a Loyalty Point Completion Bonus.
Happy Mother’s Day !!!
Good luck !!!