Thunder Valley Casino Resort

If you come here to drink and have fun and consider your gaming action like a video arcade then you might have a good time if you get my drift. You can't win here period,the machines are all set to an odd program very low and will be the worst you have ever seen. They know what their doing as well and aren't accountable this is a non regulated casino. This place is great for a first time visit with 900 bucks and a room so you can try some 6 deck black jack,roulette and maybe some poker. Your welcome to try 200 bucks on slots but it will be gone in about 15 min. Like I sad not a regulated casino think about that this means they can bait and switch people at will allow the new customer to win at will,flip the machines to any program they want and technically just cheat. Overall I would steer away from this place in the first place and save yourself the headache of coming back and always losing. It's right next to the dump the interior is one of the smokiest you will ever see it's nauseating. The crowd is mixed here as a very loud place on the weekend and literally a ghost town on weeknights full lot of let's just say rif raff.. 

So I came here for the first time, and the last time, this past Saturday. Only to find that the multi deck table games offered are completely covered with continuous shuffle machines. Which if you understand Bj as far as house advantage goes, your completely screwed. So I skipped the multi deck games and went to find some single or double deck games, and your just as screwed there also. The games all have the worst rules like you can only double on 9, 10, and 11. You cannot double any split, you can't insure a natural blackjack, etc. So basically they only allow suckers to play, and you WILL lose all your money if you play there long enough. I sat down to play a couple of slots just to say I didn't drive an hour and a half for nothing, and 3 machines took 40 dollars in about 10 minutes. I think I won once. Which was no big deal, but man, I really feel for the people that play slots with bigger cash. You're totally screwed. Also, a side fact that I learned, I won't post any links, but you can google the "United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria court case", and find that this tribe attempted to overturn California's Governor power to grant casino licenses to Indian Tribes for building new casino's. Meaning they attempted to halt the forward progress of other Indian tribes, in the name of thwarting competition. What a crock. I thought that Indian Casino's were a means of cultivating progress and financial prosperity for otherwise poor and poverty suffering tribes, not to compete with other casinos. Absolutely unethical. For this reason, I will never return to this place. 

I've been going here for about 2 years. Mostly only play table games when I go, absolutely horrible. Nobody ever wins. The dealers themself will tell you not to play. Slots are pretty tight. Hotel itself is decent. I would not reccomend coming here though. If you do just stick to the poker room