- Downtown still has 3-2 blackjack versus 6-5 for the strip. You compute the house advantage (considerable) difference.
- If you are a craps player, it is common downtown to have 10 or 20X odds versus the standard 3-4-5X on the strip (except for Casino Royale).
- Downtown has far superior video poker. Only thing comparable close to the strip is the Palms.
- Downtown slots pay at least 1% more than the strip. Check ASG or Slots Today.
- Downtown has real people (yep - includes the street people but not the strip porn-card people) versus the wannabe people on the strip.
The above only holds true if your primary purpose to go to Vegas is to gamble. If you value shows, glitzy-overpriced nicer rooms, way over-priced restaurants, and great shows over gambling, the strip is better. However, the strip is only a short "deuce" ride away. :-)
Bob, the downtown guy
--- On Thu, 3/19/09, gserlin@aol.com <gserlin@aol.com> wrote:
>I stayed downtown once (Golden Nugget). It was nice, but not as nice as the
average Strip hotels. I wonder why anyone stays downtown, especially now,
when every hotel deals out comps like playing cards. I have not noticed that
the slots (or table game rules) are different from the Strip hotels. Is it
>that the food is cheaper? I can't figure it out.
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