Vancouver casinos

Hastings casino and racetrack


Open 11am everyday.
The main entrance from the street is only open on race days (usually weekends). There's no sign saying this nor is there a sign telling you where to go to enter.
By dumb luck, i noticed cars parked at the racetrack entrance. Walked into parking lot and Saw the casino entrance.



Large casino with lots of space for people to walk around.
Hand pay is $1500 for $1 denom machines, else $500 for denoms lower than that. No taxes.
ie: 1 cent demon but playing $10/spin is $500 threshold. $1 denom but playing $5/spin is $1500

About 60% newish slots, 40% older slots.
No table games

They have 9/7 db.

The Players card program in Vancouver is run by the lottery commission.
It's called Encore. (No relation to Wynn's Encore casinos.)
All casinos in Vancouver (must?) use it so one card is good for all the casinos.

$1 coin-in is 1pt in slots, $5 coin-in for 1pt for e-Games.
(River Rock casino near the airport has e-Games including e-Craps.)

1000 pts can be redeemed for $5 Freeplay.
That's the only option in using the pts.

10k-49999 pts: Double diamond status which is just +5% increase in pts.
$50k-149999: Triple diamond, +10%
150k+ is Elite, +15%