The SD on Bingo Casinos / Class II Slot machines

The Game Room
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I live in metro Atlanta. This limits the options for day trips to casinos.

Dramatically.

After going to Harrah’s Cherokee in Cherokee NC a handful of times I am left looking for another option for Casino action close to Atlanta GA. (Cherokee is 2.5 hours from Atlanta, and is the closest casino to me. -I’ve made the trip up and back for a day trip 5 times now.)

I don’t know, but somewhere between the super tight (high house take) Class III slots, ““digital”” card games, and no alcohol allowed anywhere in the casino (despite the place being a smoker’s paradise) I am left wanting more. Something more Fair. Something more Fun.

Victoryland, in Shorter, AL also advertises in GA. It is a racetrack and ““Bingo Casino”” (Quincy’s 777) that is only 3 hours from Atlanta. I’m looking at at it, and I think it is going to be worth the extra hour (total) in driving.

However, as far as I can tell, AL has just as weird Legal Limitations on Gaming as NC has. All of the Slot machines I see on the website have Bingo Cards with them. -That is to say, I can tell that the machines themselves are actually playing Bingo, but, it ““looks”” like a slot machine. -IGT even has Double Diamonds as a Bingo Slot.

How Exactly Do these Class II slot machines work? How different from a Regular (Class III) Machine are they?

I read that the machines are networked to each other. and that a given machine has to win each round of bingo play.

  1. How does that affect my speed of pulling (ok pushing) the handle? Can I play at my own pace, or will I hold everyone else up?
  2. How does this affect overall house odds?
  3. Hi, Opal

In short, for those that have been to both, How Does Victoryland / Quincy’s 777 compare to Harrah’s NC ? Is it worth the extra 30 minutes?

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No alcohol in a casino?

Yikes. That would be enough to make me choose another activity. If you can swing an overnight trip, you may enjoy the casinos in Mississippi…either on the coast or in Tunica. Alcohol flows freely, and most places are pretty easy with comps.

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Yes, I had looked at Tunica, and at 9 hours away I figured it would have to be an extended trip. The commercials for Shorter, AL came on, and I figured it was good “next step” before Tunica.

Yes. The Cherokee Indians own the Casino in NC, it is on their reservation, and they impose the alcohol ban. I believe it might be for the entire reservation, and not just the casino. --That, and the slots being tighter along with hotel/casino expansion (hence why the slots got tighter, I bet) all add up to looking at other options. Again, 30 extra minutes doesnt look that bad.