Casinos offering free play, next-day cash

Every Sunday through Thursday (through Oct. 2), More Club players at Jerry's Nugget can earn next-day cash rewards at any slot, video poker or video keno machine. Players earning 1,000-1,999 base points in one day ($1,000-$1,999 coin-in; no point redemption required) can pick up $5 the next day. Those earning 2,000-2,999 get $10, 3,000-3,999 get $15, and players earning 4,000 or more points can pick up $20 cash the next day. Check out the promotion rules at the More Club for complete details.

Both Sunset Station and Santa Fe Station are offering a similar promotion through Sept. 21. For every 250 daily Boarding Pass points earned on slots ($250 coin-in; no point redemption required) or 500 points earned on video poker ($500-$2,000 coin-in), players receive $5 in free play the following day up to a maximum of $100 per day.

Texas Station players earning 1,500 points ($1,500 coin-in on slots, $1,500-$6,000 coin-in on video poker; no point redemption necessary) on Mondays and Tuesdays this month receive a $15 gasoline card.

Every half-hour from noon-midnight through Sept. 30, South Point is giving one player (who has his Club card inserted) $150 in free slot play, which is valid for one week.

The Fiesta Rancho is offering a 50-percent point redemption discount at the Baja Beach Cafe, Monday through Sept.19, and at the Fiesta Buffet Sept. 22-26.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Palms players can earn various electronic prizes including an iSymphony iPod docking station, a digital camera, an MP3 player and more.

On Saturday, all Cannery players earning 649 same-day points ($217 coin-in on slots, $325 coin-in on video poker; no point redemption required) receive an "Envelope of Treasure" containing up to $1,000 cash. Rampart players earning 150 points ($300 coin-in on slots, $600 coin-in on video poker) on Wednesday and Sept. 24 receive a free bottle of merlot wine.

Bonus Point Days: Bighorn (Big Shot Club): 2x Fridays through Sundays; Cannery (C.A.N. Club): 5x Tuesday, Thursday and Sept. 22 and 24; Casino Royale (Club Royale): 2x 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 8-11 p.m., 3x 7-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.; Eastside Cannery (C.A.N. Club): 3x Mondays and Wednesdays; El Cortez (Club Cortez): 3x Sundays and Mondays 5 p.m.-midnight; Eldorado (Prime Rewards): 5x Mondays; Ellis Island (Passport Players Club): 6x Sundays and Tuesdays, 5x Fridays (some machines excluded); Fiesta Henderson (Amigo Club): 5x Fridays; Fiesta Rancho (Amigo Club): 5x Fridays; Golden Gate (Club 1906): 2x Tuesdays and Thursdays; Gold Coast (Club Coast): double cashback on all points earned Thursday through Sept. 21 (limited to $600 cashback redeemed per day); Hacienda (Club Matador): 2x Mondays and Wednesdays, 4x Tuesdays; Jerry's Nugget (More Club): 5x Mondays, 3x Tuesdays and Thursdays; Jokers Wild (Prime Rewards): 5x Mondays; Longhorn (Big Shot Club): 2x Fridays through Sundays; Orleans (Club Coast): 6x Sept. 29; Railroad Pass (Players Junction): 2x Mondays, 3x Tuesdays; Rampart (Club Rampart): 2x Fridays; Silver Nugget (Slot Club): 2x every day; Silverton (Discovery Club): 5x (reels) 2x (video poker) Fridays; Terrible's (Players Club): 3x Thursdays and Sundays, 5x (slots only) Mondays, 10x (slots only) Wednesdays; Tuscany (Players Club): 10x Tuesdays, 5x Sundays and Wednesdays, 5x Monday-Friday 12 a.m.-5 a.m. (some machines excluded).

The Player's Edge appears Fridays in Neon. E-mail Jeffrey Compton and Bob Dancer at jeffrey.compton@compdance. com.