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Jackpot, NV

#1

In about 1993 I spent a few nights in Jackpot, NV and it was very small

with a main hotel and a few saloons with some vp and slots. At about noon
one day I checked out one of the saloons and played a quarter bartop vp. I
never before nor after have seen a vp machine like this where the cards kind
of spun from the deal/draw in like fireworks to the display. After less
than ten hands I hit a royal for like $1175.00. Awesome but the kicker was the
guy at the bar paid the jackpot out of his wallet. No joke this was/is a
one horse town. I have never been back. Very spooky the way the place is so
isolated.<<

There's a little more to Jackpot these days. Cactus Pete's is a
reasonably large and rather upscale place (hotel, pool, buffetetc.) but I've never
found anything particularly playable there. On the two occasions I've been
up there, I spent more time over at Barton's where they have (or did last
fall) some full pay Pick 'Em. (I've gotten some FreePlay from Bartons during
my Birthday month as well.) The size and sophistication of the other
casinos in town slides downhill quickly from there.

As I've mentioned before, Jackpot is one of the few towns in Nevada on
Mountain time, which is (in my opinion) to show solidarity with most of their
customer base, which comes down from Idaho. For all intent and purposes,
Jackpot was founded for the sole purpose of having a place to put casinos
as close to the Idaho border as possible on Highway 93.

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#2

FYI - this is from my april trip across Nevada report published in the vpfree-reno yahoo group...Enjoy...Tom

Day 1-2 : NY to SLC to Wendover
Delta Direct flight to Salt Lake City Landed on time. I was not happy with Alamo, who supplied me with a standard size 4 cylinder Dodge Avenger with 40,000 miles , Illinois plates, and a 3 mark damage sheet. When I complained about this, the very unknowledgeable clerk, told me I'd have to wait for another car ( even though I made this reservation 3 months ahead) and paid top price of $520 total cost. This car would be returned to RNO a week later, and would incur a $125 different location surcharge inserted into the total cost. It ran well, but the check oil light came on as I returned the car.
It took about 2 hours to reach Wendover along route 80 with its 75 MPH speed limit. High winds along the Great Salt Lake Basin , required some RV's to pull over and tighten up. We had decent weather , although the high winds and hail storms got a little scary at times.

Wendover: 2 nights at Rainbow casino
Montego Bay: Excellent VP selection of Super Aces, Nsud, 9/6 bonus deluxe, 9/6 aces and faces DDB. Will stay here next time.
Nugget : Attached to the Montego Bay, it has some full pay machines like 9/6 Jacks progressives. 50C / $1 machines included NSUD,9/6 BDLUX, 9/5 super double, 9/6 Jacks, double deuces ( 99.6 ) and cheap food.

Peppermill: My least favorite of the 3 Peppermill owned casino's , had Nsud and 7/5 super aces.
Rainbow: There is a shuttle bus ( 24X7 ) that runs every 15 minutes between Rainbow, Peppermill, and Montego Bay.They have a really nice lounge and good steak house. The walk to Montego is only 1 mile and I did this no problem. They have a good selection of games including NSUD and various progressives.
Red Garter: Nothing playable

Day 3: Jackpot ( These 3 casino's are an easy walk from one another, but there is a free shuttle ).Its way out of the way on highway 93 near the Idaho border. It was rather slow getting there ( avg speed about 55MPH) because of construction going on Rt 93. Plenty of quiet and fresh air up here.
Cactus Petes: By far the fanciest place in town. Went there because my X host, George Gilmore, is the executive host there and offered up front RFB. The casino is quite nice. Nothing really great as far as VP is concerned. The VP gets decent at the bar ( 3 play ) loose deuce 25C progressive was positive while I was there, and in the middle of the casino Found a bank of 6 $1 triple/5-play NSUD, 9/6 jacks machines.
Bartons 93: $ FP pickem, 15/9 loose deuce 5C, 5C/25C FP 2 pair joker.
Horshu: Across the street and owned by Cactus Petes . Nothing Playable, but they have a fantastic mexican restaurant.

#3

That dude is a jerk. I thought I was gonna have to kick his butt one night.

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After less than ten hands I hit a royal for like $1175.00. Awesome >but the kicker was the guy at the bar paid the jackpot out of his >wallet. No joke this was/is a one horse town.