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So far I was at the casino twice. The casino is a long drive
from Portland metro area (about 60 miles or so depending on where
you live). It is 56 miles away from where I live. It is the
closest casino from Portland metro area, though. The next
closest casino is Chinook Winds casino in Lincoln City, which is
another 40 mile drive away from Spirit Mountain casino.
[Casino ambience] From outside, the building just looks like some
kind of warehouse. It is a dull boxed shape. I have been there
only on weekends. Both of time I was there, there was a good
crowd of people. One interesting thing about casinos in Oregon
is that alcohol is not allowed in Casino floors. The only place
that you can drink is inside the bar. I still feel that this is
very strange.
[Food] They have a buffet, which is not really good. The
selection is small and the arrangement is not really good. Far
worse than Chinese buffer places near where I live. Yet, I have
eaten there twice already mainly because there are not many other
food options in the casino. They have a deli and some express
food place. The quality and value of the food is so-so.
[Poker room] This is a big poker room and very crowded on
weekends. Poker players can accrue point on their club cards for
a little less than a dollar per hour. I have only played
low-limit hold'em games. The game is definitely easier than what
I had experienced in poker rooms in Washington and Nevada.
[Machine points] I don't know the exact point schedule. However,
I was surprised to find out that my wife earned less points from
playing machines than what I earned from poker room for the same
period.
[VP] I didn't have a chance to check all machines. I did look at
some of them, though. And, I am pretty sure that the casino has
no full-pay (or anything above 99% return) machines. I saw the
followings:
- Double Bonus (800-50-160-80-50-9-6-5-3-1-1) by Poker room
entrance. 5 cent, 25 cent or 1 dollar. max 10-coin (same payout
for 5-coin) - 9/5 Jacks or Better scattered around casino.
The 9/5 JoB games that I saw were for 25c and higher (50 cent?).
And I believe that they were 5-coin games instead of 10-coin games.
Unfortunately, unlike the DB games by poker room, I didn't write down
the details of these machines on the spot. So I cannot be 100% sure.
I will double check these machines during my next visit. BTW, all
these games were on multi-game machines.