WinStar Casino, Oklahoma

First off, this is the largest casino (area wise/floor space wise) in the U.S. It's like a mile+ end to end. Has every game imaginable and lots of restaurants. Themed like a visit to various countries of the world but very loosely. Has very nice amenities. But...............since we are "gamblers"..........

Most of the rules suck!!! BJ is a lot of CSM and this tribal enterprise NEVER waives ante on BJ. And they don't have to post their payouts on slots, which tend to be whatever the market will bear. Since Class II machines also are involved, these don't pay any taxes to the state, so you might have a little better luck/payback here but unless you are a slot AP, why are you playing slots ANY WAYS?? The Class III slots are the ones that the State gets some revenue from.

They take full advantage of their proximity to Texas and their market is definitely the Northern Texas/Dallas Ft. Worth area. If Texas ever passes legitimate gambling (other than horses and race cars), this place will really be hurt and will probably HAVE to lighten up. Until then, just go for the vacation and amenities. Good golf course; decent restaurants; good chocolate made by the tribe (Bedre brand, which is also sold at Needless Markup..........I mean Neiman Marcus).

Speaking of which.... I still think this is low probability, but sooner or later the legislators need to realize that the parking lots of neighboring state casinos is full of cars with TX license plates.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/09/texas-casinos-sports-betting/

We stopped there on a road trip to Dallas/Fort Worth at the end of March. For being the “largest casino in the world”, they didn’t have many table games open. (This was on a Monday at about 11:30 AM) I couldn’t see an open seat anywhere, except at the $100 min blackjack table. I did get to play some shoot to win craps, but had to pay $0.50 ante for each pass line bet. They enforced COVID masking and had dividers at the tables, limiting seating at each table. It is impressive for the mish-mash of architectural styles (think of the various Las Vegas Strip properties all in one building). I had to search very hard to find video poker, and that was 8/5 JOB at $0.25. The facility is mostly slots of all types and denominations. Ninety minutes was about all I could stand, but I did get a nice chocolate bar for signing up for the club card.

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Ninety minutes was about all I could stand, but I did get a nice chocolate bar for signing up for the club card.

“Largest casino in the world” and all they give out are chocolate bars for signing up for their card? This place really does sound like it’s worth visiting.