Monte Cristo Rewards
Players-club loyalty for your gaming area. One tap at the game checks a player in. It never reads a single spin.
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The Check-In
Best of Luck™ Starts With a Tap
Casino players clubs know their best players because the games report every bet. Illinois video gaming does not allow that, so most bars know nothing about the people sitting at their terminals. Monte Cristo Rewards fixes it without touching the game: a player lays their phone on the Monte Cristo seal at a terminal, the app confirms they are there, and the check-in moment hits. Dollar bills rain down the screen. From then on, every verified minute at the game earns sweepstakes entries for being there, not for what is wagered, plus whatever reward you choose to offer as the location. No purchase or play is ever required to enter.
Tap
Phone or Rewards Keychain on the NFC plaque at the game. New patrons can also check in at the Player Kiosk.
Play
The app keeps the session alive while the player stays at the game. Lift the phone and walk away: “Thanks for Playing!”
Earn
Sweepstakes entries for every verified minute at the game, earned for presence, never for play, plus any location reward you turn on.
Win
Hot Seats during the session, the live monthly cruise drawing, Scratch & Win surprises and offers that bring them back.
The App
How It Looks and Feels
Dark, gold and quiet until something happens. Then the screen earns its keep: a live Hot Seat, a scratch card, a drawing night. Concept screens from the Monte Cristo Rewards design system.
For Players
What Players Get
Everything a players club gives its members, rebuilt for a bar. The whole program runs as a sweepstakes: no purchase or play necessary, official rules govern, and a free alternate method of entry is open on every promotion.
Monte Cristo Cruises
The always-on monthly drawing. Every verified minute at a Monte Cristo game is an entry, and the winner is drawn live in the app on an animated drawing night.
Hot Seats
A drawing at a set time for a set prize, open only to players checked in at a game that moment. Players watch the live Hot Seat event on their phone and hope their seat lights up.
Must Be Present to Win
Promotion nights where the prize only goes to a player on the floor, built to pack your gaming area at a time you choose.
Scratch & Win
Surprise offers delivered as a scratch card on the phone. Players scratch to reveal the prize, and it activates on their next check-in.
Tiers
Bronze, Gold and Sapphire, earned on checked-in time over a rolling six months. Higher tiers unlock bigger location rewards and exclusive Hot Seats.
Refer a Friend
A player shares their link from their own phone. When the friend joins and checks in, both receive entries automatically. Monte Cristo never sends the text.
Share Your Win
A player who wants to can post a win to their social feed from inside the app. With the winner’s permission, opted-in members get the Big Win alert: “Sherry C. just won $5,538 at The Corner Tap!”
Find a Location
A map of every Monte Cristo location with last month’s winnings paid out, as reported to the Illinois Gaming Board, and one-tap directions.
Quiet Mode
One-tap control over messaging, a Quiet Mode that pauses offers for 7, 30 or 90 days, session reminders and self-exclusion. Responsible gaming is built in, not bolted on.
In the Gaming Area
Fitted Into Every Monte Cristo Gaming Area
Every Monte Cristo gaming area is fitted for Rewards on day one. Each item is part of the House Advantage Package: Monte Cristo property, set up and maintained by Monte Cristo, and used only to promote video gaming and the 21+ gaming area.
NFC Game Plaques
The Monte Cristo Rewards seal on every terminal. One tap checks a player in at their game. It never reads play, wagering or terminal data.
Rewards Keychain
A gold hotel-style key for players who would rather not use their phone. It checks in at the Player Kiosk. The first 100 members at each location receive one.
Player Kiosk
A 58-inch gloss-black tower at the 21+ entrance. Sign up in seconds, check in as a new patron, and see tonight’s Hot Seats and drawings.
Rewards Digital Signage
Portrait digital signage that rotates the current Rewards promotions: Win a Cruise, Win a Car and your location’s own Hot Seats.
Winning Tickets Here
Branded receptacles at the entrance and in the gaming area for the monthly cruise drawing, with no-purchase-necessary entry slips attached.
Owner Tablet
A leather-and-gold folio tablet dedicated to the Owner Portal: Rewards, your players and the gaming-area cameras, from behind the bar.
For Owners
Finally, You Know Who Your Players Are
The Owner Portal opens on your gaming area as it is right now: who is checked in, how many players came in today, your net terminal income month to date and your top players this week by time at the game. Tap a name to add a note (favorite drink, favorite game, birthday) or send them an offer.
Decide whether to offer a location reward for time at the game, starting from a base you set and flexing up for your best players. The location decides, funds and issues it; Monte Cristo never does.
A player asks to redeem, your staff issue a code, the player accepts in the app when the reward is handed over. Nothing moves without both sides.
Build a Hot Seat or a drawing for your location on a schedule you pick. It runs itself at the time you set.
See who has not been back in 30 days and send them a reason to return, on your own or on a cadence Monte Cristo runs for you.
Mark a check-in ineligible when it is not a real one: a phone parked on a game nobody is sitting at, or a staff member earning at their own bar. Earning also stops outside your gaming hours.
Three Monte Cristo cameras (gaming area, 21+ entrance, redemption terminal) stream live into the same tablet.
Tiers
Loyalty That Is Earned, and Kept
Tier status comes from verified time at Monte Cristo games over a rolling six months. Each tier has its own retention bar, so players see exactly what keeps them where they are.
- Sweepstakes entries for every verified minute
- Hot Seats and the monthly cruise drawing
- Base location rewards, where offered
- Scratch & Win surprises
- Everything in Bronze
- Accelerated location rewards
- Gold-only Hot Seats and offers
- Birthday and anniversary entries
- Everything in Gold
- Top location reward rate
- Sapphire-only Hot Seats and events
- Recognition in the Owner Portal: your staff know them by name
Sweepstakes entries are earned at the same rate at every tier. Tier benefits apply to location-funded rewards and tier-restricted promotions. Tier thresholds and retention requirements are published in the program rules.
Built for Illinois
What Rewards Never Does
There is no connection to the terminal. A check-in proves a phone was at a specific game; it says nothing about what was wagered or won.
No purchase or play is necessary. Entries come from being at a game, not from wagering, and a free alternate method of entry is open on every promotion. Drawings run automatically at the scheduled time and can be verified afterward.
Monte Cristo funds companywide promotions. Any location reward is decided, funded and issued by the location, within the Gaming Board’s rules.
Earning switches off with your liquor license hours, location by location.
Each plaque carries a secure chip that signs every tap, so a copied or photographed plaque is designed to earn nothing.
Members must be 21 or older, as Illinois law requires for video gaming. Quiet Mode, messaging controls, session reminders and self-exclusion are one tap away. Members choose what they receive, and personal data is handled under our Privacy Policy. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.
Find Your Fortune.
Give Your Players a Reason to Come Back
Monte Cristo Rewards, the House Advantage Package and the marketing behind them are how every Monte Cristo gaming area runs.
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Monte Cristo Gaming (QBFOX, LLC) is an applicant for an Illinois terminal operator license and is not yet licensed. Monte Cristo Rewards and the items pictured are available to locations with licensed video gaming terminals operated by Monte Cristo Gaming. Items remain Monte Cristo property, are never permanent fixtures, and are not offered as an inducement (230 ILCS 40/25(c); IGB Rule 1800.350). Concept renderings; screens show sample data. Monte Cristo Rewards does not read play, wagering or terminal data; a check-in registers only that a player is present at a game. Rewards drawings are sweepstakes: no purchase necessary, official rules govern, void where prohibited. Promotions pictured, such as cruise and car drawings, illustrate planned promotion concepts. Location-specific promotions are cost-shared 50/50 (IGB Rule 1800.350(c)(6)). Companywide Monte Cristo Rewards promotions are launched and funded by Monte Cristo Gaming. Any location-funded player reward is decided, funded and issued by the location. No purchase, wager or play is necessary to earn sweepstakes entries; entries are awarded for verified presence at a game, and a free alternate method of entry is available under the official rules. Big Win alerts and Share Your Win posts are published only with the winner's consent and sent only to members who have opted in. Members may change messaging preferences, enter Quiet Mode or self-exclude at any time. Revenue and payout figures shown are from Illinois Gaming Board reports and are not projections. Must be 21 or older to play video gaming terminals in Illinois. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.