Original Release: Cannery Casino Resorts, 2012, Browser
Defunct since 2017, and representing the Eastside Cannery Casino that remains closed due to the pandemic as of 2022, this simple web browser game used to offer free prizes and rewards at the property
Eastside Cannery WebPASS (Web Browser, 2012-2017, Cannery Casino Resorts)
Where to Buy: defunct, was free-to-play
Review by: C. M0use
This is another Vegas-specific game, with prizes only usable at the Eastside Cannery casino-hotel on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas. Like myVEGAS, it used to offer free rooms and much more nice stuff, but has recently been nerfed to only offer various discounts and extremely minimal freebies.
Unlike MyVEGAS, you don’t play slots, blackjack or any other casino games to get your rewards credits. Instead, you simply log in and complete a variety of daily tasks, most of which are no-fail. You don’t have to buy or wager any virtual tokens on anything.
At present (February 2016), each day you can play a timed memory matching game (a la Concentration), do a once-a-week crossword puzzle that revolves around casino gaming trivia, a “fill in the blank” question regarding recent casino promotions (easily Googled), a “find the hidden key” on two of the casino’s pages, one multiple-choice quiz question that is usually about the more obscure rules of casino games, a pick-4 game and a scratch card. Points can also come from codes sent in random promotional emails.
The most interesting way to earn points here, however, is by playing in-browser emulations of classic arcade games. Some of these are Facebooky simplistic games, but there are some games in there that are very close replicas of the original ROM sets of some classic arcade games. Among these are Frogger, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Tetris and Breakout. You get a small amount of points for the first 10 games you play each day and a larger haul for cracking the top 20 leaderboard.
Unfortunately, at present, the big downside to all this is that the current prizes just aren’t very good. The best ones are a free baseball cap or t-shirt with a new player’s card signup (their t-shirts are actually pretty cool), $5 in match play, 2-for-1 coffee at the in-house cafe, 2-for-1 coupon at their buffet, $5 off a minimum $10 purchase at their deli or snack bar, or a free upgrade of a standard hotel room booking to a suite (can only be used once per month). A few mildly interesting perks if you were going there anyway, but nothing really worth making a special trip for at present. They have changed these significantly over time, though, so if you have free time you may want to stash up the Webcredits just in case they offer better stuff in the future.
Note: This shouldn’t be confused with the Can Play Zone, a separate “free online gambling” thing offered by Eastside Cannery that is more like myVEGAS and requires a separate account.
Note 2: This game went defunct in late 2016 / early 2017 as Boyd Gaming acquired the Vegas Cannery properties from Cannery Resorts