Cozumel
Opens 10am
You must use a card to play. Requires ID. No signup bonus that i know of
I loaded 1k pesos. There's a 7.5% load fee :(
This is located across the street from the International pier, which is about 3 miles south of the Starbucks/downtown pier. ($10 taxi ride between piers.)
It's newly renovated. Bright and Clean. They also have 3 table games in the back:
00 roulette and 2 BJ tables (3:2, dont know other rules)
I had pesos since i've been to Mexico before and didn't convert back to USD because i knew i was coming back.
Don't know the exchange rate they use if using USD to load.
Official rate as of today is $1 = 16.7 pesos, which is low. it used to be $1 = 20 pesos a year ago when i got my pesos from ATM. (My online only bank uses official exchange rate no markup and reimburses withdraw fees.)
I thought about exchanging it back to USD today since i gain +3 pesos per USD. So +$10 USD per 1000 peso exchanged. nah.
Don't know if there's a fee to cash out. I'm coming back soon and just left the $ there.
One of the fruit games Must Hit $250 is at $238. 238 peso = $14 ... lol.
It's 2 pesos per spin ($0.12 usd)
Not my gambling destination. I did walk down the length of the island on a cruise day stop.
yes, it's a mexico thing.Quote: SOOPOOI am interpreting this correctly you MUST pay 7.5% to play?
Not my gambling destination. I did walk down the length of the island on a cruise day stop.
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see my other threads about mexico casinos on the west coast. (Cozumel is on the east coast)
I think there are 3 types of fees depending on the laws of the Province the casino is in:
1) Load fees
2) Tax on the profit when cashing out
3) Both load fee and tax on the profit
In one of these casinos, the sign says the $ for both types goes directly to the Province
I wanted to play blackjack.
I had USD on hand: I have to change USD in pesos, playing in pesos. Luckly I won a bit (the equivalent of 30-40 USD, no more) then I had to change pesos back in USD... here came the nightmare: it took about half an hour to have my USD, then the girl at the cage was trying to short-change.
Such a stressful experience
This was my second awuful experience with mexican casinos: the same was in Tijuana (Caliente casino next to border). Play in USD, but you have to charge usd on a card, then there is a tax when cashing chips out.
Avoid them, if possible
Quote: basket2024visited this casino back in 2018, during a cruise stop in Cozumel.
I wanted to play blackjack.
I had USD on hand: I have to change USD in pesos, playing in pesos. Luckly I won a bit (the equivalent of 30-40 USD, no more) then I had to change pesos back in USD... here came the nightmare: it took about half an hour to have my USD, then the girl at the cage was trying to short-change.
Such a stressful experience
This was my second awuful experience with mexican casinos: the same was in Tijuana (Caliente casino next to border). Play in USD, but you have to charge usd on a card, then there is a tax when cashing chips out.
Avoid them, if possible
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I went to Cozumel in 2014 on a cruise with my family and at a gift shop at one of the ports, a souvenir shop was trying to price gouge one of our Aunts.... My Aunt politely told them off in Spanish, LMAO! 🤣 and the souvenir gave the RIGHT prices. Go Aunt who can price negotiate in Spanish! 🤣🤭
I go there to drink and stuff my face on the beach.
Quote: 100xOddsI loaded 1k pesos. There's a 7.5% load fee :(
I thought about exchanging it back to USD today since i gain +3 pesos per USD. So +$10 USD per 1000 peso exchanged. nah.
Don't know if there's a fee to cash out. I'm coming back soon and just left the $ there.
One of the fruit games Must Hit $250 is at $238. 238 peso = $14 ... lol.
It's 2 pesos per spin ($0.12 usd)
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And I was taxed on the whole amount when I cashed out! Wtf?!?
The top one is federal tax: 1%
Bottom is state tax: 6%
I think it's supposed to be on the profit you made. (I made 75 pesos, which brought me back to my original starting amount.)
But it's been a few weeks since I was first there so maybe they don't keep the data for that long?
Interestingly enough, the cashier gave me 960 pesos instead of the 930 listed on the receipt.
No idea what that was about?
