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If we want to get rid of all the Flock cameras around Alpharetta, Milton, Roswell and Johns Creek….. we just need to convince all the area Democrats, Liberals and never Trumpers that President Trump is behind the Flock cameras 100%. Those groups hate the President so much, that they will push until the Flock cameras are removed.

I have been asked to provide guidance, as the perceived expert on Caesars TCMs, on the subject of Caesars 2027 Tier Credit Multipliers, especially for Las Vegas in January. This is a long post, so please read it carefully and fully.

One thing you need to keep in mind is that Nevada is divided into 4 distinct Marketing Regions for Caesars Entertainment. The four regions include: 1) Las Vegas, with 8 casino resorts 2) Reno, with 3 casino resorts and often called the "Row" 3) Lake Tahoe, with 2 casino resorts and 4) Laughlin, with 2 casino resorts. Each marketing regions is separate as far as schedules for TCMs, RCMs, and other promotions.

Another thing to keep in mind is that in Nevada, and several other marketing regions throughout the country, Caesars places an annual limit of 90,000 bonus tier credits earned through TCMs and other special promotions. But since each marketing region is separate, you can earn 90,000 yearly bonus Tier Credits in each of the 4 marketing regions. So for example if you visit Las Vegas and Reno, your effective yearly bonus Tier Credit cap is 180,000 Tier credits. So keep this in mind when you are planning trips to Nevada and there are TCMs in back to back weeks in Las Vegas and Laughlin or Reno and Lake Tahoe. Those region pairs are close enough to each other to plan a trip where you cover both TCM events and effectively 'double dip'.

In January of this year I planned a trip where I maxed out the TCMs in Reno, Las Vegas and Laughlin over the space of just 6 days. At the end of that trip, when you factored in Daily Tier Credit Bonuses for hitting 2500 or 5000 base tier credits in a day, I was just shy of renewing my Seven Star status for the next year. So effective trip planning can go a long way to maximize earning Tier Credits for Tier Status.

Now to discuss planning for January 2027 and beyond. With the impending purchase of Caesars Entertainment we can expect there will probably be some changes to the Caesars Rewards program. We have already seen some changes with the elimination of Daily Tier Credit Bonuses in three markets (Tunica, Biloxi, and Bossier City). I have no information on whether or not there will be fewer or more TCMs for program year 2027. I have already seen some locations change late 2026 TCMs to be RCMs instead, so only the Caesars and the Tilman Fertitta brain trusts really knows their plans. What I am about to discuss is based upon my over 34 year membership in the Caesars and MGM programs and what has happened at Caesars over the past several years. As the stock market investment people like to say, "Past results are not a guarantee of future performance", so anything from here on is just my best logical prediction, just like Mr. Spock would do.

Las Vegas Market:

In January there are two really large business conventions held in Las Vegas. There is the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 1/6-1/9 and the World of Concrete Expo 1/19-1/21. In addition there are several other large conferences including two IEEE conferences 1/9-1/12 and several medical gatherings. These conventions and conferences bring in plenty of people to Las Vegas, so Caesars won't hold a TCM during the same period as they don't need a TCM to bring in people. There is also the MLK day holiday, which brings people to the city.

Based upon all of this information, my best guess for a January TCM in Las Vegas would be either between January 11-17, 2027 or January 19-29, 2027. In 2026 the 10x TCM was 1/12-1/18, after CES and before World of Concrete conventions. In 2026 they also held a 5x TCM 2/2-2/5. When I look at the historical TCMs for the other 3 marketing regions this past January in combination with Las Vegas, I would say January 11-17, 2027 is the most likely dates for a Las Vegas TCM.

Reno Market:

Reno's historical January TCM is held immediately before the Las Vegas TCM. In 2026 it was held 1/4-1/11. Given this and my guess Las Vegas will be 1/11-1/17, 2027, I would guess Reno would be held 1/4-1/10, 2027.

Lake Tahoe Market:

In 2026 Lake Tahoe held their TCM about the same time as Las Vegas and a couple of days after Reno. Based on this, I would guess Lake Tahoe would hold their TCM around 1/11-1/17, 2027 (same as Las Vegas).

Laughlin Market:

In 2026 Laughlin held their TCM a few days later than Las Vegas but overlapped many of the same days. Based upon this my guess of Laughlin would be 1/13-1/19, 2027.

Again these dates for 2027 are just my GUESS and shouldn't be used to make any non-cancelable or non-changeable reservations. Don't get mad at me if I am totally wrong. I am a human, not a spokesperson for Caesars and I don't have any inside knowledge at this time. I probably won't start getting real information on 2027 TCMs until after Halloween 2026 and as soon as I have verified dates I will post them as part of my TCM list updates. So please don't bug me for any more information than I have already given.

I hope this very long post helps people to start using your own brains to figure out TCM dates. It's not hard to apply logic and to find historical information online to help you make your own decisions. Just remember to gamble responsibily and don't wager any more money than you can comfortably afford to lose. I consider my gambling budget an entertainment budget and I never go over budget.

Caesars must be staying awake nights, coming up weekly with new ways to really upset me. This week, it involves the Monthly Seven Star $150 Bonus Bet on the Caesars Sportsbook App. (This is a long post, so please read it completely and understand it before you respond)

This week I traveled to Biloxi, MS. for 4 days and to participate in the Harrah’s Gulf Coast 10x TCM. I arrived on Monday, August 3rd. In Mississippi you can only use a digital Sportsbook App while you are physically in the same company’s brick and mortar casino building and only in Biloxi. (You can’t use a Sportsbook App in Tunica, for example).

As a Seven Star, each month that I place $100 or more of regular money Sportsbook bets, I get a bonus free $150 bet. Like everything else Caesars does, you have to “opt-in” to that promotion and activate it before you place any bets to count towards the required $100 of bets.

The problem arose that the option to “opt-in” didn’t appear in my app while here in Mississippi. The people at the in-casino Sportsbook didn’t know what to do, so I called the customer support phone number for Caesars Digital. Second problem, Caesars has outsourced that call center to a foreign call center. It took 3 times to get a person who spoke English well enough for me to understand what I was saying and what they were saying. The call center customer support representative’s response was that the $150 bonus bet was now only available in my “home” state. Well I live in Georgia and sports betting isn’t legal in my home state. So I asked to speak with a Supervisor.

Problem three, a supervisor wasn’t available and I was told one would call me back within 24 hours. Well you guessed it, 24 hours came and went with no callback. So today the Host on Duty at Harrah’s Gulf Coast got their Sportsbook Manager to speak with me. He was a nice guy and understood the problem, but did have any answer. He did send an email to his District Manager and request that a Supervisor from Caesars Digital call me. About 3.5 hours later I received a phone call from a nice lady who is a Senior Manager with Caesars Digital, the division of Caesar Entertainment that handles the Sportsbook App.

Well it turns out like many things at Caesars, they made a change in late June and didn’t tell anyone. Caesars Digital considers your “Dominant” State to be the state where you have either opened your Sportsbook App account or where you place the majority of your bets. For me, my “Dominant” state is North Carolina.

The change they made is now for all tier levels that receive bonus bets, including Seven Stars, you can only activate (Opt-in) each month for the bonus bet while you are in your Dominant state. If you travel to another state at the start of the month, like I am doing this month by being in Mississippi, you can’t activate the bonus bet promotion. So as an example, for me, I can only get the Seven Star monthly $150 bonus bet if I travel to North Carolina and activate there.

If you are a Sportsbook App user and travel, you just had a benefit reduced by Caesars.

So consider this another benefit that Caesars is putting new restrictions on and effectively making it harder to receive. Frankly I’m getting real tired of Caesars changing the fine print, or changing policies, and not notifying the players affected. 

Last week I was in Biloxi/Gulfport on a belated birthday trip and seeing how the other side (MGM Beau Rivage) lives. I had to visit the Harrah's Gulf Coast casino to actually use the Caesars Sportsbook App because Mississippi has some strange rules that only allow you to use Sportsbook Apps in the physical casino of that gambling company and only in the Biloxi area. But that is a story for another day.

While I was in Biloxi some gambling industry news came out on Monday and Wednesday of that week, that might have future significance for Caesars Entertainment and the Tillman Fertitta buyout.

The news that came out is that Ilitch Gaming, which is a newly formed unit of Ilitch Companies, on Monday announced they were going to purchase the 50% of the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City that they don't already own. Then on Wednesday they announced they are purchasing the Scarlet Pearl Casino in Biloxi (technically D'Iberville, MS). Ilitch Gaming already owns the MotorCity Casino in Detroit. The parent company Ilitch Companies also owns the Little Caesars Pizza brand, the Detroit Tigers MLB team and Olympia Development.

Why this gaming industry announcement may matter is because there is a high likelihood that if the Tillman Fertitta buyout of Caesars goes through, because of regulatory ownership restrictions in some states where Caesars has properties, along with Golden Nugget Casinos, Tillman Fertitta may be forced to divest some Caesars or Golden Nugget casino properties. Since Ilitch Gaming is expanding and buying casinos, they could potentially be a buyer of any casinos that Caesars or Golden Nugget may need to divest and sell off.

And on a slightly different matter, if I was an independent casino host or owner of a travel company that arranges charters to casinos, I would be contacting Ilitch Gaming and seeing how I could partner with this growing gaming industry company.

Last week I was in Biloxi/Gulfport on a belated birthday trip and seeing how the other side (MGM Beau Rivage) lives. I had to visit the Harrah's Gulf Coast casino to actually use the Caesars Sportsbook App because Mississippi has some strange rules that only allow you to use Sportsbook Apps in the physical casino of that gambling company and only in the Biloxi area. But that is a story for another day.

While I was in Biloxi some gambling industry news came out on Monday and Wednesday of that week, that might have future significance for Caesars Entertainment and the Tillman Fertitta buyout.

The news that came out is that Ilitch Gaming, which is a newly formed unit of Ilitch Companies, on Monday announced they were going to purchase the 50% of the Ocean Casino in Atlantic City that they don't already own. Then on Wednesday they announced they are purchasing the Scarlet Pearl Casino in Biloxi (technically D'Iberville, MS). Ilitch Gaming already owns the MotorCity Casino in Detroit. The parent company Ilitch Companies also owns the Little Caesars Pizza brand, the Detroit Tigers MLB team and Olympia Development.

Why this gaming industry announcement may matter is because there is a high likelihood that if the Tillman Fertitta buyout of Caesars goes through, because of regulatory ownership restrictions in some states where Caesars has properties, along with Golden Nugget Casinos, Tillman Fertitta may be forced to divest some Caesars or Golden Nugget casino properties. Since Ilitch Gaming is expanding and buying casinos, they could potentially be a buyer of any casinos that Caesars or Golden Nugget may need to divest and sell off.

And on a slightly different matter, if I was an independent casino host or owner of a travel company that arranges charters to casinos, I would be contacting Ilitch Gaming and seeing how I could partner with this growing gaming industry company.

David Belle Isle has just announced that he is going to run for Alpharetta's Mayor position next year. We need to stop him from becoming Mayor again!

He and his law practice partner, are responsible for the deterioration of Alpharetta's quality of life, by allowing over development of the city while not having the proper infrastructure to support the traffic and maintain the quality of life we enjoyed before he first became Mayor and gave developers whatever they wanted.

Look closely at his list of campaign donors and you will see that the majority are involved in Real Estate development, sales, or mortgage financing. It could be said he is in the pocket of the developers and if he gets into office again, we will get more high density development, more crowded streets, higher crime, and we will lose more of the trees and natural landscapes that drew us to Alpharetta in the first place.

Today when I was preparing for the mid-month update on my 2026 Caesars Tier Credit Multiplier list, I was going through the Caesars web sites and the casino promotions page to find any new TCMs or other updates.

When I hit the page for Harrah's Northern California casino promotions, I noticed there was a significant change. Gone from the list of promotions was the Progressive Tier Credit Multiplier (TCM) for the last Saturday of the month. In its place was now a Progressive Reward Credit Multiplier (RCM). This caught me a little off guard and at first I thought there must have been a mess-up when they updated the web page for the month of June.

I decided to call the casino and ask about the situation. The casino marketing department didn't answer their phone and I left a message. After I hadn't heard back from them, I called the casino back and asked to speak to a Casino Host on duty. I was connected with a very nice gentleman, who turns out is a Senior Executive Host.

I explained the situation and asked him if there was just a mistake on the web site or were they truly changing from a TCM to a RCM. He said he wasn't sure and he would talk with the marketing department and call me back.

A couple of minutes later he called me back and said yes they were changing from the TCM to RCM. He also said that he didn't know about the change and thanked me for bringing it to his attention. I then asked a follow up question if someone who had been doing the monthly progressive TCM would now start over on the multiplier factor with the RCM or would they keep the multiplier factor position they had and it now apply to the RCM.

I could hear him turn around and ask someone that question, which I assumed was the marketing department person, and heard them in the background say a player would keep their position as if it hadn't changed from TCM to RCM.

Now in order to get to speak to a Host to begin with, I had to give their operator my name and Caesars players card number. The Host had looked me up in their system, saw that I lived in Georgia and was a Seven Star. He said he was curious as to why I was checking on a promotion in California, since the system showed that I hadn't visited that casino before and wondered if I was planning a visit there.

I informed him that I had a friend who lives in Oakland and plays there. I also told him about my TCM list that is published and widely read and I saw the change as I was going through all the Caesars Casino promotion pages looking for changes. I took the opportunity to ask if he could tell me of any other planned TCMs there for the rest of the year. I asked him to confirm the October TCM I have listed as unconfirmed. He said he didn't know the exact October dates yet but confirmed they will have a TCM in October. He promised to contact me if he found out about any other TCMs, but then made a joke that I would probably know about them before he does, based upon this change I called about. He sent me an email with his contact information and I sent him back a PDF version of my TCM list.

Moral of this story is that Caesars Marketing Departments will quietly make changes to available promotions. And even Senior Executive Hosts aren't always made aware of marketing changes. These TCMs aren't carved in stone and things can always change. Make sure you verify promotions BEFORE you make any non-refundable reservations. I try to be as accurate as I can with the information I share, but I'm only as good as my sources and unless Tilman Fertitta hires me for a senior corporate job, I don't control what happens.

Today when I was preparing for the mid-month update on my 2026 Caesars Tier Credit Multiplier list, I was going through the Caesars web sites and the casino promotions page to find any new TCMs or other updates.

When I hit the page for Harrah's Northern California casino promotions, I noticed there was a significant change. Gone from the list of promotions was the Progressive Tier Credit Multiplier (TCM) for the last Saturday of the month. In its place was now a Progressive Reward Credit Multiplier (RCM). This caught me a little off guard and at first I thought there must have been a mess-up when they updated the web page for the month of June.

I decided to call the casino and ask about the situation. The casino marketing department didn't answer their phone and I left a message. After I hadn't heard back from them, I called the casino back and asked to speak to a Casino Host on duty. I was connected with a very nice gentleman, who turns out is a Senior Executive Host.

I explained the situation and asked him if there was just a mistake on the web site or were they truly changing from a TCM to a RCM. He said he wasn't sure and he would talk with the marketing department and call me back.

A couple of minutes later he called me back and said yes they were changing from the TCM to RCM. He also said that he didn't know about the change and thanked me for bringing it to his attention. I then asked a follow up question if someone who had been doing the monthly progressive TCM would now start over on the multiplier factor with the RCM or would they keep the multiplier factor position they had and it now apply to the RCM.

I could hear him turn around and ask someone that question, which I assumed was the marketing department person, and heard them in the background say a player would keep their position as if it hadn't changed from TCM to RCM.

Now in order to get to speak to a Host to begin with, I had to give their operator my name and Caesars players card number. The Host had looked me up in their system, saw that I lived in Georgia and was a Seven Star. He said he was curious as to why I was checking on a promotion in California, since the system showed that I hadn't visited that casino before and wondered if I was planning a visit there.

I informed him that I had a friend who lives in Oakland and plays there. I also told him about my TCM list that is published and widely read and I saw the change as I was going through all the Caesars Casino promotion pages looking for changes. I took the opportunity to ask if he could tell me of any other planned TCMs there for the rest of the year. I asked him to confirm the October TCM I have listed as unconfirmed. He said he didn't know the exact October dates yet but confirmed they will have a TCM in October. He promised to contact me if he found out about any other TCMs, but then made a joke that I would probably know about them before he does, based upon this change I called about. He sent me an email with his contact information and I sent him back a PDF version of my TCM list.

Moral of this story is that Caesars Marketing Departments will quietly make changes to available promotions. And even Senior Executive Hosts aren't always made aware of marketing changes. These TCMs aren't carved in stone and things can always change. Make sure you verify promotions BEFORE you make any non-refundable reservations. I try to be as accurate as I can with the information I share, but I'm only as good as my sources and unless Tilman Fertitta hires me for a senior corporate job, I don't control what happens.

McDonalds has shrunk the value of their rewards points.

A Quarter Pounder with Cheese now costs 7000 rewards points when it was just 6000 points before. The Filet-o-Fish sandwich is now 4000 points when it was just 3500 points. Other reward items have also gone up in cost.

It also seems that reward points are expiring sooner than they used to.

Went in for exterior wash on my 2025 Yukon. Told and showed them lots of bugs on front grill and bumper that needed to be cleaned off. They said exterior wash was $35 + $10 up charge for size of SUV and for the extra work to remove the bugs. I agreed.

After a fast ten minutes they said the car was ready. It was not! I inspected and showed them all the bugs still on grill and front bumper. They said they would take care of it. Another 7 minutes they signal it was ready. I inspected and still saw plenty of bugs still there. This time I stood there and pointed out each and every bug and they scrubbed them off. Finally they got about 98% of the bugs off.

I went inside to,pay and they had the nerve to ask me to tip them. I didn't tip. When I went to get in the car to leave, I noticed they failed to remove the bugs off the outside windshield glass. At this,point I decided I would clean the glass myself when I got home.

If you are going to charge me $45 to wash the exterior of my vehicle, and you are told upfront there are lots of bugs on front bumper and grill, I expect you to get the car clean. I won't be going back to this Hand Car Wash.