Saturday I ventured into the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Which had reopened the previous day with masses waiting in line for the doors to open. Arriving around 5pm, One entry into the casino, thru the Parking garage. No lines waiting to get in. They had you walk thru a metal detector, not so much for detecting weapons but being utilized to count the number entering. They provided mask & gloves if you wanted, I brought my own. Saturdays are one of three days a week that is free ante on table games, that's the reason for my choosing Saturday. All table games were closed. Every other slot was shutdown. all staff were donning masks. I guessed half the patrons were masked. No food outlet was open. It was a busy place, with half the slots disabled, choice of machines were limited. This is a good time to assess which machines are the most popular and which ones people are avoiding. I was pleasantly surprised to find I was still receivng my weekly $100 in free play. Unfortunately I was forced to play my free play in a machine I was unfamiliar with. I recouped $21 out of a $100 free play. I went to the cashier to get some more money, I was surprised to be told I was limited to $500 using my VIP Global card. The explanation was that's the limit for all patrons. I assume the policy is to get the crowd in and out to allow more players in.
One of the best kept secrets in Oklahoma casinos are VGT slots, commonly labled red screens. The best of the VGT machines are the Neptunes, IMO. Needless to say, out of 16 Neptune slots, none were vacant. In fact all VGT slots were almost full. The bottom line, I took the $500 from cashier cage, had to go to ATM for another $500. Down $900, found a VGT Red Ruby, later a VGT Mr. Moneybags. and a couple of other VGT's. recouped my $900 with a $200 profit. Thank you VGT.
Left around 9pm. There was a huge line waiting to get in. As I walked through the metal detector I was number 4,000.
