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Colorado Belle- you now get pre-printed drawing tickets from the slot club
booth. No more hand filling, but now have to convert the tickets from the
floorperson.
Escalators always broke...and they suggest riding the elevators!
Checked around for Super Bonus Deuces Wild after reading the recent Bob
Dancer column. Found the 15/9 (99.6%) version in quarters, halves and dollars. I
counted 5 slant-tops and 4 up-rights scattered about. Still better plays in
the house, but something to note.
New rules posted at the tables. No more "money plays" bets for some reason.
Of course 6/5 BJ is the norm. (Pioneer and GNL still deal the best games on
the River).
Pioneer- doing a load of promos. Staring Monday is a triple points/comps/
COD/slot tourney parlay for the week. BJ players should be aware of the signage
I saw around the casino. The Pit has not done a promo in a very long time.
During certain hours in August (4-8a, 2-6p?) they will enhance certain hands
payoffs.
A suited BJ pays 2-1, 3 sevens 3-2, 6-7-8 pays 3-2. Max bet is $50. Kind of
hard to directly figure this one out, but adding a half bet premium every 85
hands (suited BJ) should add .58% just by itself. This promo might be too
strong to last, but for the $50 max bet. We will see. I don't have an official
rules set yet...time to dust off the BJ game skills.
Harrahs-
I saw what I think are the first flat screen VP games in town. Two of the $5
bartops in Rosa's Cantina had them. Also they had a 20 degree angle to them.
Could not get a first hand look.
I think all the green glass GK slant-top and up-right games with Jacks are
now MIA...except for one slant-top in Non-smoking. Some are off the floor, some
have been shorted. These had .25, .50 and $1 9/6 Jacks.
CB/EW One Club- my online total did not match with either CB or EW card
insertion. I cleaned out my account. The best way to do this is at CB, since
every 100 points cashed gets a drawing ticket. I have been quite lucky in the CB
daily drawings, you might be too. I have not worn any funny hat...not
necessary for the drawings.
CB will be doing the three weekend music again in the parking lot. Blues and
Brews festival is in the middle, last Saturday in Sept. Be sure to fill out
your entry on the backside of the slotclub in August to win a package. I hope
they do this again, since I have snagged B&B comped twice in four years.
River Palms- new software being run in the kiosks...looks good. It is menu
driven in a straight-forward manner and is quicker. It looks like there is a
way to find out how many entries you have in a current drawing/promo.
Upstairs has really been cleaned out as suggested. No more bank of skinny
IGT uprights with 10/7 DB. Alot of VP, good and bad vanished. Only one
playable game left in the north section by the slot club. A quarter 9/6/5000 Jacks
slant-top is left in the only bank of IGT red glass antiques.
What will Columbia-Sussex do with another Laughlin casino (RE) in their
inventory?
That is all...
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