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Resorts World Las Vegas is set to open on June 24. You can bet I\u2019ll be there in the first few days to check things out. If I find anything playable, I\u2019ll play a lot and sit back and wait and see what comes in the mail. I suppose you could say that\u2019s my standard M.O. at casino openings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of my best results ever have been at casino openings. Often the new slot director was an assistant slot director at the last place worked and doesn\u2019t understand how much of a difference there is between the two positions. The net effect is that new casinos sometimes open much looser or more generous than is profitable for them — and that\u2019s good news for the players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, the two newest casino openings in Las Vegas, the Circa and the Mohegan Sun at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, have been video poker wastelands. Well, Circa does have 8-5 Bonus, but that\u2019s the only game above 98% I found there. And the slot club only pays 0.2%. I did play at Circa when it opened, primarily because they have a $400 sign up bonus if you\u2019ve never played at the D or Golden Gate previously, and I qualified. I played $60,000 in coin-in, which was three times the amount required to get the signup bonus. Several months later, I received eight weeks of $25 free play and $150 in food. That was nowhere near enough to make up for 8\/5 Bonus, so that\u2019s not a place I\u2019ll be returning. Not to mention, it\u2019s the loudest casino in town and I\u2019m far too old to appreciate that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Mohegan Sun, I had received $20 free play before the place opened but went in and found no games at all worth playing. I didn\u2019t even get my card and play off the $20. I\u2019ll check again in six months or so to see if they\u2019ve loosened up any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, with that recent history of Las Vegas casino openings, I\u2019m not really optimistic about the video poker at Resorts World. But I won\u2019t know for sure until I go there and look. Which I will do.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m willing to be pleasantly surprised, but prepared to find the place unplayable. That seems to be the direction video poker is heading these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been wrong before. Hopefully I\u2019m wrong this time.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"youtube\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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