My visit to the Moulin Rouge Trailer Casino

A few weeks back, I had heard about the upcoming Moulin Rouge trailer casino and noted it on my calendar as I had always wanted to check one of these out. Why? I guess the better question is why not? It's a novelty that doesn't happen every day and this was my chance to experience it.

The event was taking place for 8 hours only, 6am-2pm and certainly wasn't going to get up early for this event. I left my house about 10 and was approaching the area around 10:30. Although I've lived in Las Vegas for years, this is an area of town I'm not real familar with and as you can tell by the pictures, there's not a whole lot of development there.

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I than passed whats left of the Moulin Rouge develpment (which isn't much after recent fires)

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And than straight ahead was my destination, the Moulin Rouge trailer casino

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I parked the car, got out and walked towards the front of the building. I wasn't 100% sure this was it until I saw the new marquee they must have invested at least $20 into.

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I walked inside and knew right away this wasn't your typical casino. No table games, No cocktail servers, No coffee shop, Not even a chair to sit in when you play. Just a line of machines for you to stand and play.

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As I walked up a machine in the middle of the row, I was the only player in the casino at the time. A slot attendant approached and I of course had to ask him if I could get a Moulin Rouge players club card. I thought it was funny, but he said they had about 40 players throughout the morning and about 30 asked the same question.

I was also told that if I did cash out, make sure it was a whole dollar amount as they had no change to dispense (I wonder if this legal with Nevada gaming laws?).

I grabbed a machine in the middle of the row and it offered both nickel and quarter video poker with a selection of 6 games. I didn't spend anytime perusing pay tables as I wasn't going to be here long and didn't care to find the best value. I put in $20, selected deuces wild bonus poker and away we go!

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While I was playing, a couple other players did come in to try their luck.

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Also, the news crew for the NBC affiliate came by and interviewed one of the Moulin Rouge executives. The exec claimed that they are planning to redevelop the property and open a new resort within 24 months (good luck with that....I don't ever see it happening). I didn't get a photo of the reporter as I didn't want to photobomb the report (although I appeared in their report that night), here's a photo of the cameraman taking some external shots afterwards.

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My $20 was rapidly disappearing and I was down to my last 5 credits when I hit this.....

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I played one more hand and lost to get my credits down to an even $30 and cashed out and with a $10 profit. It wasn't a royal, but it was at least enough to pay for my gas to get there and part of my lunch for the day.

As I walked out, it appears that several others were arriving at that time to try their luck in the trailer....

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I had to go to the bathroom but I examined the facilities and decided I'd wait til I got to something which smelled a bit better.

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Lastly, I decided to grab a shoot of the vacant land where this incredible new resort will be developed. In two years, this property should look a lot different than this (my guess is the weeds will be a lot taller)

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I'm not sure when or where the next trailer casino will be....but I hope to be there for it and hope to win even more next time around!

HAHA, that's great, down to the last hand and hit a royal(I'm not a VP player and you mention that wasn't a royal, how come, just'cause it's not a natural?). Anyway, I enjoyed reading about your little jaunt to the MR trailer, pretty cool

J

Report nicely done. Thanks. Good job on the Royal with Deuces.

Great trip report! I'm guessing no pool either.

I believe they open these once a year to keep up their gaming license.

No problem and no club with bottle service either. Wouldn't want to go in that neighborhood for an after hours club anyways.....its a little dicey in the hood after dark.

It's actually every 24 months. Station Casinos have a couple properties on Boulder Highway they do this at, the owners of the lot at LV Blvd and Sahara (where Holy Cow Brewery used to be) and a few other spots do the same thing.

The Pioneer downtown still has some slot machines on the closed casino floor. That area is opened for 8 hours every 2 years to keep that unlimited gaming license alive.

Different kind of TR thanks. I also would count that as a Royal just not a natural one.

And they might have tried to charge a Resort Fee to use one.