Not sure about outside of downtown, but MSS offers a lot of 9/6 (including bar tops), as well as 8/5 BP in $1 up (database shows over 20 machines, including some $2 and $5). The Cal has some $5 9/6 and a decent selection of 8/5 BP in a multitude of denominations. Fremont even has some old pick em machines if you're into that.
All that being said I'd have to agree continued consolidation of casinos is probably not a good thing for players. Luckily Station has nothing downtown, so hopefully my home base won't be affected by this.
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--- On Mon, 11/2/09, caplatinum <belairgold@aol.com> wrote:
From: caplatinum <belairgold@aol.com>
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Boyd Gaming Attempting to Acquire Station Casinos
To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 12:24 PM
Aside from a handful of Optiums that they both comp less than full on, neither company has 9/6 - Station does have 8/5 BP in $1 and up and its plentiful, Boyd except for Gold Coast does not offer 8/5 Bonus, certainly not at Suncoast or Orleans, so what do you think? What do you think paytables will look like with no competition?
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups. com, Mike Hunt <vpisnotfree@ ...> wrote:
Would this be a good thing or a bad thing?
Boyd Gaming Attempting to Acquire Station Casinos
Boyd Gaming Corp. is asking a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Reno to let it acquire some or all of the properties of its financially troubled rival, Station Casinos.
Boyd filed a motion Sunday asking the court overseeing Station Casinos' Chapter 11 reorganization to let Boyd submit a reorganization plan. The filing says Station Casinos rejected a $950 million offer to buy several Station properties back in February.
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