Not So Favorite Casinos?

[rayj]

Went to the Phoenix area for some gaming action last weekend.  So, we had visited the two Casino Arizona's a few years ago and did fairly well.  One of them had the 4 Royal progressives at the bar that we really enjoyed playing.Well, all I can say is they now suck. New management must have decided they need more revenue!-  I could not find a .25 DDBP machine better than 6/5.- The 4 Royal progressive at the bar are gone.- The ticket cashing machines do not provide any coins back, just a ticket.   Many people will be leaving the casino with .25 - .75 cent tickets in their pockets.  The casino will love you for doing that.  More profit for them!- Not a single visit from a slot host.Oh wait....we did find a 9/6 DDBP in the non-smokiing area. Non-progressive though,and not that many machines.I would still not recommend them,

[Casino Knight]

Second that. Casino Arizona has nothing to offer VP players IMHO. Higher limits included.
Next Trip try The Fort.
Btw, The T.O. tribe's new Glendale casino is moving right along. They've been slinging steel all week long, including today.

Edited to add: What kind of VP do they offer in Tucson?

[notes1]

i have been hoping that casinos would get the hint, that with reduced payouts, business would keep suffering. forget it, the payouts keep getting worse. they keep trying to make up for the loss of business, by taking more from each player that does come.  i think the only solution will be a much better economy and/or a mass closing of casinos. the other possibility are casinos with a different business model. less frills, less give aways, just a safe, clean place to play with less fixed expenses.     

[FloridaPhil]

I have never been to a casino in Arizona, but have made two separate trips to New Mexico and found the same thing.  On our second New Mexico trip they had pulled all the poor paying video poker games and replaced them with terrible paying games.  There is absolutely no reason to play video poker in New Mexico and it sounds like Arizona is about the same.  I have no problem with the machines making a profit and don't expect to see 100% machines outside of Nevada.  On the other hand if I lived in these states, I would save my money for a ticket to Vegas.  

[OTABILL]

Went to the Phoenix area for some gaming action last weekend.  So, we had visited the two Casino Arizona's a few years ago and did fairly well.  One of them had the 4 Royal progressives at the bar that we really enjoyed playing.Well, all I can say is they now suck. New management must have decided they need more revenue!-  I could not find a .25 DDBP machine better than 6/5.- The 4 Royal progressive at the bar are gone.- The ticket cashing machines do not provide any coins back, just a ticket.   Many people will be leaving the casino with .25 - .75 cent tickets in their pockets.  The casino will love you for doing that.  More profit for them!- Not a single visit from a slot host.Oh wait....we did find a 9/6 DDBP in the non-smokiing area. Non-progressive though,and not that many machines.I would still not recommend them,



The last time we were at Casino Arizona (McKellips) for Bingo, the progressive near the showroom still had 7/5 and progressives on the 2,3&4 with and without the kicker, aces w/wo kicker, and the royal. However, the meter rate has slowed down considerably since they made the machines multi-game. We too used to do reasonably well on them until a few years ago. Basically, only play the progressive there infrequently, usually while waiting for bingo or to wind down.

I am curious as to where you found a non-smoking slot/VP area in either Talking Stick or McKellips.
I agree with CK that the best straight DDB in metro Phoenix is now at the Fort, at least, since the last time we visited the 7 local casinos.

As I have mentioned in posts awhile back, we gave up on Ak-Chin a few years ago primarily given the attitude we encountered in the slot/VP area combined with other bad CET-related experiences. We still have some Reward Credits that will expire shortly, so we may go there to use them up or play briefly to save them for our next Vegas trip.

[Casino Knight]

There is absolutely no reason to play video poker in New Mexico and it sounds like Arizona is about the same.   


A couple of years ago I had to drive to a meeting in Santa Rosa, NM. I stopped at the Route 66 Casino for gas and a bite to eat.

After eating I found a bank of multi-denom slant tops and sat next to a guy playing 9/5 $5 DDB. He said he'd dropped a couple of grand and was done for the day and left.

I'd hit a small quad for $250, and moved over to where he had been playing and loaded my ticket. Two hands in, I held 3 to the Royal, and BOOM! $20k.

Apparently the guy who left forgot to take his card with him. Because his host and an attendant showed up in about 5 minutes with the paperwork already filled out in his name, only to find me sitting there. Since I wouldn't be there again anytime soon, I hadn't bothered to get a players card.

Talking with the host while getting the paperwork and cash, he told me that the player before me came in almost every day and played this one machine. I asked if he was going to tell him I'd hit the machine right after he left, he just smiled and said not a chance.

CK
   

[Galeygoo]

[QUOTE=FloridaPhil]
There is absolutely no reason to play video poker in New Mexico and it sounds like Arizona is about the same.   


A couple of years ago I had to drive to a meeting in Santa Rosa, NM. I stopped at the Route 66 Casino for gas and a bite to eat.

After eating I found a bank of multi-denom slant tops and sat next to a guy playing 9/5 $5 DDB. He said he'd dropped a couple of grand and was done for the day and left.

I'd hit a small quad for $250, and moved over to where he had been playing and loaded my ticket. Two hands in, I held 3 to the Royal, and BOOM! $20k.

Apparently the guy who left forgot to take his card with him. Because his host and an attendant showed up in about 5 minutes with the paperwork already filled out in his name, only to find me sitting there. Since I wouldn't be there again anytime soon, I hadn't bothered to get a players card.

Talking with the host while getting the paperwork and cash, he told me that the player before me came in almost every day and played this one machine. I asked if he was going to tell him I'd hit the machine right after he left, he just smiled and said not a chance.

CK
   [/QUOTE]You tell amusing stories, CK.  For some reason I remember a story you told about, I believe playing craps at the Sahara with Jack Jones.   ....don't know why, but found it amusing and worth remembering....hope I'm right....

[notes1]

great story! good for you,  feel sorry for the other guy. as in most big wins, it is not knowing how to play, but being in the right spot at the right time.

[FloridaPhil]

Good one!  

[Casino Knight]

[QUOTE=Casino Knight] [QUOTE=FloridaPhil]
There is absolutely no reason to play video poker in New Mexico and it sounds like Arizona is about the same.   


A couple of years ago I had to drive to a meeting in Santa Rosa, NM. I stopped at the Route 66 Casino for gas and a bite to eat.

After eating I found a bank of multi-denom slant tops and sat next to a guy playing 9/5 $5 DDB. He said he'd dropped a couple of grand and was done for the day and left.

I'd hit a small quad for $250, and moved over to where he had been playing and loaded my ticket. Two hands in, I held 3 to the Royal, and BOOM! $20k.

Apparently the guy who left forgot to take his card with him. Because his host and an attendant showed up in about 5 minutes with the paperwork already filled out in his name, only to find me sitting there. Since I wouldn't be there again anytime soon, I hadn't bothered to get a players card.

Talking with the host while getting the paperwork and cash, he told me that the player before me came in almost every day and played this one machine. I asked if he was going to tell him I'd hit the machine right after he left, he just smiled and said not a chance.

CK
   [/QUOTE]You tell amusing stories, CK.  For some reason I remember a story you told about, I believe playing craps at the Sahara with Jack Jones.   ....don't know why, but found it amusing and worth remembering....hope I'm right....[/QUOTE]

Thanks. It was Blackjack. Seems like a hundred years ago though.