Sky City Darwin continue to attract the punters.
With the looming debate over gambling reform hanging over the heads of the Australian gambling community, the casinos seem to be making one last push to boost their profits before proposed pokie reforms come into effect. Nowhere else is this more evident than at Skycity in Darwin, who continue to offer a huge number of promotions in a bid to attract in customers to their business. With these deals encompassing everything from roulette to free pokies, they are banking on the fact that they have offered something for everyone to enjoy.
Undoubtedly the main focus of their campaign is on those in their more senior years, as they look to fill the club during daytime hours. Some of the tactics that they are using to gain the custom of the older generation include a Senior’s Monday deal, whereby seniors receive a free voucher book upon entry, as well as a coffee and cakes morning every Wednesday – both of which they hope will drive the seniors towards their pokie machines and gambling tables.
As well as targeting seniors, they are also putting on a number of other deals to attract customers, with the biggest of these being the Jackpot Joe’s Cash Wednesdays offer, whereby a draw takes place that sees every customer have the chance to win at least $5000, which increases by $1000 after every week without a winner. The question regarding whether clubs should be flashing the cash like this when they are complaining of the financial ruin they could face if new reforms are introduced is one that can be argued another day…
For those that love pokies – which means the majority of people who go to these clubs – Skycity are also offering a number of special offers as well. One of these is the chance to win double points every Tuesday when playing the pokies, while another is weekly pokies tournament, which is held every Thursday with a prize of $2000 for the winner. When the clubs are making so much money due to the extra revenue gained through these offers, it is easy to see how they are able to offer such great cash rewards to players of the game.
The final offer of note is the one that they are running on Tuesdays, which sees everyone who earns 10 points getting a ticket for the chance to win either money or prizes through spinning the barrel and seeing what comes out. The jackpot for this competition is $500, although every time someone registers it increases by a further $1.
As can be seen, this is one gambling company that is doing it all can to attract punters before they are faced with the possibility of a huge loss of income. One can’t blame them for trying every trick in the book – after all, the upcoming vote on reform could see many places such as this one go out of business in the very near future. It is up for everyone to make their own mind up whether this is a good or a bad thing though…
Tags: Land based casinos, Sky City
This entry was written by Felix on Sunday, August 21st, 2011 at 8:24 pm and is filed under News.
