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Stopped by the Eureka today. They do indeed have a slot club
now. However, apparently it just started yesterday as they were
quite disorganized. In fact, the cards issued do not have the
players name on it yet and players are encouraged to get another
one next week.
I am not sure what you can get with the card. But there are
signs that mention comps and free play. No exact details yet.
Also, I found that I received 7 points for $10 worth of coin-in,
although I don't know what to do with them.
This was only my third visit to Eureka, ever. But I do recognize
that there has been much re-arranging. I do remember the old
full-pay Joker Poker near the cage. It is gone and I did not see
it anywhere. I found one old 10-7 Double Bonus coin-dropper
(25-cents) near the door to the parking lot. Also near there is
a 15-8 Loose Deuces (25-cent). Near the cage is a bank of dollar
progressive slant tops with one 9-7 Double Bonus, closest to the
cage, and the progressive was at $6000 today. The rest of the
casino seems to be mostly short pay. Their Double-double seems
to be 9-5 at best.
There is plenty of NSU (99.72%) at different denominations
throughout the casino. One bank of slant tops has a progressive
for 25-cent and 50-cent.
The bar tops are all new and do not have any progressives. They
are the new type of flat screens, very nice and modern, with
multi-games on them, i.e., slots, blackjack, keno, and video
poker. The denominations are 25-cent, 50-cent, and $1.00, and it
appeared to me there was no change in pay tables between the
different denominations. Best games appeared to be Joker 2-Pair
(99.92%), NSU deuces (99.72%), Bonus Poker (I think) at 99.17%,
and there may have been the game A-c-e-s Bonus at 99.41%. Not
sure about the last one, as I'm not familiar with that game.
Interesting clientele. The Bellagio it ain't. But I think it
shows some promise. I'm sorry the bar top progressives listed in
the old database are gone. I suspect that there will be some
changes in the near future. It appeared they were having
"growing pains" and need some time to get it together. People
and employees seemed nice. I think it really depends on what
their new slot club can offer. I think it is definitely worth
keeping an eye on this place to see if good opportunities for the
smart video poker player exist.