Indian Casinos in general

A two hour drive from my house is an Indian Casino and I figure that there aren't any other casinos around so the rules are probably pretty bad due to the lack of competition. Is this generally a correct assumption or are there exceptions to the rules and warrents my checking it out sometime. Also my parents went to Pechanga and saw that there were no tables lower than $25 which is a little much for them, are most casinos in the middle of nowhere like this?

The answer to your general question is that in the area of California that you are referring the opportunity for good double deck action is limited for action under $25 and sometimes $50. Six deck action is available at most of the Indian casinos. Pechanga only has a couple of tables of six deckers, generally $15 minimum. The rest are Continuous Shuffle Machines. Your comment about Pechanga and $25 would not be correct as of my last visit. Their blackjack action is in different sections of the casino. When you first go in they are in fact all $25 dollar tables. Just go a little deeper into the casino and you will find some $10 and $15 dollar tables. Again mostly CSM's.

For my gambling purposes, while I live within 40 minutes of several Indian casinos I prefer to drive five hours to Las Vegas. My decision is based upon casino bouncing opportunities, table selection, table rules, comp opportunities and general player mix.

Hope some of the above is of help.

I'm acutally in Oregon and there is a place called Seven Feathers, pretty much the only game around that I know of. I don't really know of the density of Indian Gaming in the U.S. so maybe is someone out of California has any insite that would be great. Indeed I am going to visit my parents in California and then going for a four hour drive or so to Laughlin though my dad likes to drive really fast and can do it in three and a half hours in good weather.

Another thing was that I think my parents went on a weekend evening and I'm sure that had something to do with it. Also that trip happened about three months ago so it's not the most up to date information. Just wondering if Indian Casinos were worth visiting with a modest bankroll.

Sporkboy,

I've only been to one indian casino in california that near the bay area called Ca$h Cr33k (it's listed in cbjn.)

I've been to several non-indian california "casinos", but these aren't worth playing at. You ever see the movie Vegas Vacation with Chevy Chase? Well, there's a scene in the movie where he goes to a casino in the middle of no where and plays rediculous games like 'rock paper scissors' for money. California non-indian "casinos" remind me of this scene. You should probably stay away from those unless anywhere here knows otherwise.

As far as the one indian casino I went to, it is h17das 6deck with penetration varying between 1 and 2 decks (ussually closer to 2 in my experience). Ussually, the reason I go there is because I am with my ploppy friends. I don't know how far you are from Reno, but for low limit bj, it's probably worth the drive.

-Rutager

I gave up going to Cache Creek a long time ago, if you try to go Fri or Sat night it will take you 30 minutes just to find a parking spot, and the only tables that aren't packed are $25, not to mention mostly bad penetration and no surrender. The longer drive to Reno is definitely worth it, especially for low level single deck.

All the other indian casinos in Northern California are even worse, mostly CSM, and like Rutager said, the non indian casinos are a joke.

There must be some variation in quality. CBJN suggests there are several decent games in the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico. I played at one recently and had an outstanding experience. Looks like they brought in professional staff at the supervisory level. Friendly tho.

That's pretty funny, how about dropping an egg from height and betting on how many pieces the shell breaks into. What about how about patty cake for high stakes. You could really bet on silly things if you needed something to bet on but after a while it gets pointless. These non Indian casinos are they not allowed to use traditional gambling equipment like dice, and cards?