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Aria is my go-to place to stay with I book through MGM in Vegas. It’s upscale, in that Bellagio level, but it’s not nearly as chaotic feeling to me. It’s located next to Cosmo and Park MGM and is across the street from many of the Caesars locations. It’s a large enough place, but it…
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From what I felt and later heard, Carnival is taking advantage play seriously. They’ve pulled some machines, including ones on Venezia. The first time I went, they had much better AP slots than the next (losing Dancing Drums, in particular, hurt). Further, when I was walking around looking for plays, I often felt watched and…
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Whenever I think of this one, I now can only think of that annoying poker player Martin Kabrhel. Casino Royale is a small casino sandwiched between some heavy-hitters. It’s across the street from the old Mirage (now Hard Rock). It’s kind of between a lot of Caesars locations but not quite North enough to the…
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This was the site of my biggest slot win to date: a $6 Rich Little Piggies hit for $16,500 or so. But who cares? How are the slots? They are OK. Nothing special, as Park MGM is right in the heart of the MGM/Caesars boulevard of casinos. It’s located near New York-New York and Aria,…
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I took this video right before the 2025 World Series of Poker Main Event. This Caesars property is in the middle of the Las Vegas strip, and I’d call it one of the lower-end places looks-wise and rooms-wise. Not bad by any stretch, but not really the glamorous type of place you might associate with…
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Symphony of the Seas was an interesting one. The casino was enormous by cruise ship standards, but I ran into a lot of competition, possibly because of that. But since cruise ships sail out from ports all over the world, I wouldn’t want to write off a ship entirely just because I happened to have…
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I somehow used to walk right past this place on the strip, even though it couldn’t be more centrally located. Planet Hollywood, a Caesars property across the street from Cosmo and next to Paris Las Vegas, has a shopping mall feel when you walk in. The casino isn’t that far back after that. The slots…
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If you thought Horseshoe in Black Hawk, Colorado, was sparse with advantage games, Lady Luck has that crushed. This is also a Caesars property, and there’s almost no point in stopping in to check for plays. There’s a lone Dancing Drums Golden Drums and a few Lucky Buddhas Links. There’s also some Phoenix Link if…
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I always get a good chuckle when people inevitably tell me all their rock-solid theories about slots. In the earlier days of advantage-play slotting, I think that helped me and others blend in a bit. After all, people rubbing the screen and hopping from machine to machine wasn’t all that uncommon, so APs were able…