Originally Posted by
FindAWay
This requirement depends on location - diamond status alone will get you into diamond lounges in LV & most other properties. AC is the main culprit for imposing higher requirements.
You're right. I mostly play in AC where they made this change (I was wondering why I was getting day passes to the diamond lounge when I was already a diamond). I was in LV last week and the people I spoke to had no idea about the AC changes. I suppose the AC casinos are more diamond heavy than LV.
I never heard of DIAD before but I'd be a bit careful since even playing $1 machines will be difficult to do it with. Assuming you need 4k in a day, that's $40k coin in or 32,000 plays on a single line quarter machine (<$200 expected loss) which is 1 play per 2.7 seconds over a 24 hour period on a quarter machine or 10.8 seconds on a $1 machine.
You can find larger demoniations but it's hard if not impossible to find full pay multiline machines in TR casinoes IME. You can find a 1 line $5 and maybe a $10 machine which would get you to 4k much faster but there is more volatility in your bankroll ($1,500 might not be sufficient) and even a SF would be a taxable event.
If I did my math right, perfect play has a $182 expected loss, and a $0.25 machine gives a 1 SD event of a $1,170 loss while a $1 machine has a 1 SD event of a $2,160 loss. And this does not take into account ruin (losing your bankroll before you get all your points).