We spent several hours checking things out and playing at M last Friday. It was VERY busy and the lines at the slot club are still much too long. The owner has said they are hiring 250 new employees right away to cope with the unexpectedly large crowds, but if you don’t have a players card yet and hate lines, you might want to wait a week or so. Also the buffet was a zoo Friday night, with even the comp line too long for us to endure. We left to go to another casino to have dinner.   Hopefully with more employees, service will improve soon in all areas of the casino.

This next M item of news makes me feel a little inadequate. I know that many savvy players have found great playing opportunities when a casino first opens, so I should have scouted a bit more carefully when I was at the VIP pre-opening party and I might have found this quarter progressive with a $10,000 royal. Of course, it would have meant waiting around until the machines were turned on at 10 p.m. and jumping on it ready to play into the night until it got hit. So since we went home and were in bed by 10 p.m., some smart gambler did take advantage of this casino mistake. I don’t know how long he/she had to play, but it was a nice payoff, and one the casino graciously paid off in spite of it being a mistake of an extra zero! 

You can read all about it at http://www.thebeargrowls.com/?p=314, which, by the way, is a very interesting gambling news site. 

In spite of opening problems, we really like the M Casino, and the employees are very friendly even if they are scrambling to give good service when they are very busy. 

We also find it easy to get to the M. You can just go south on Las Vegas Boulevard until you get to St. Rose Parkway, or you can travel south on I-15 and get off at the St. Rose Parkway exit, which is just one exit past the Silverado exit where South Point is located. I-15 south of Flamingo is usually fast and fairly so even during rush hour. Coming back north, however, is another story. We avoid I-15 North at almost any time except late at night. It really becomes just a slow-moving parking lot.

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