Comments on: Casino Noise

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:00:35 +0000

My husband has turned off the sound completely on my home VP machine and I sure miss it. So when I come to Vegas I like to hear the sound of the machine I’m on. However, more and more it seems I’m playing on machines with no sound or very little. Loud VP sound can be annoying, especially if someone near you is hitting and you aren’t, but some sound is exciting (on your machine that is).

By: jack potts

jack potts — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:42:12 +0000

u didn’t mention the constant annoyance of cocktail waitresses. it seems like every few minutes u have a waitress calling for drinks. The only time when you don’t see them is when u want a drink.

By: Wanda Beard

Wanda Beard — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:31:43 +0000

I think the most annoying thing is sitting down to a slot machine you have wanted to play for a very long time and the volume does not work at all, yet a totally different machine right next to you is blaring at full volume. Why can’t there be an option to plug in a set of headphones and adjust the volume to your own personal comfort level? The casino wouldn’t hurt for noise as there are plenty of other machines available to make noise. The fun of playing slots for me is the full experience of the machine, noise and all.

By: Rod McElvain

Rod McElvain — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:02:18 +0000

Ed,
I enjoy loud music. My kids usually wanted me to turn the music down when we were in the car. But I don’t go to the casino to listen to music; I go to play video poker. And, in one of the casinos I play at, you don’t need ears to hear the music; it’s so loud that it goes right through your skull. That’s unnessary.

By: MarilynAnn

MarilynAnn — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:02:26 +0000

Kevin is correct, it’s all about distraction. I have asked (at the Gold Coast) that a machine be turned down and it was. Thank you Gold Coast.

Was wondering, Jean, do you ever get any feedback from the CASINOs that they read this column and more importantly, the comment section? It should be known to them that this is the best feedback column they could hope for!!!!! If anything is irritating long enough, they will lose future business.

By: Ed Masters

Ed Masters — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:27:42 +0000

If the music is too LOUD yer T00 OLD !!!!

By: gary murphy

gary murphy — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:25:41 +0000

if i walk into a casino and don’t feel comfortable i leave. factors being noise, lighting and just a comfort feeling. if the casinos could seperate the vp machines from the slots would help. i have quit playing a machine or moved because of the noise from a slot machine. that being said i only play at the casinos i feel comfortable in.

By: Gayl

Gayl — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:56:57 +0000

Karaoke. Oh Lord have mercy. Please spare us the Karaoke singers in the bar next to the video poker room!!!

By: Bob Berger

Bob Berger — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:09:17 +0000

I fully agree about casino noise. In addition, the machine manufacturers should provide user controllable speaker volume. Some machines have it, but most don’t. Usually the slot attendant can adjust the volume from the service menu, which is not available to the player. Since the function exists within the machine, it should be easy to make it available to the player.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:47:21 +0000

I agree with the comments about the background noise level being low enough so you can hear the audio ques on the VP machine you are playing. But far and away the most irritating situation is when there are competing music sources, be they canned music from a bar competing with overhead music from the casino, or even more annoying, the house music system competing with a live band they have are paying good money for!

I recently spend a couple of nights playing in the new Roadhouse/old Sheraton in Tunica and music from an adjacent bar competing with country music blaring from the overhead speaker was almost enough to drive me from an excellent Bonus paytable!