This by far has to be the worst casino I have ever visited. I have been in the Tampa area for over 6 months. I spend an average of 1000.00 per week in a casino. I had been playingt in the high limit area and had stopped for a while because I was losing so much so quickly. I was just watching other people play to see if the machines were turning around. I was informed by a casino represenative that i could not watch other people play. Little did they know I had several thousand on me and was just about to beginb to play again when this happened. WAKE UP TAMPA call your local councilman and push for slots at the paramutel facilities. This is the only way you are ever gonna have a chance at all to win anything. They did this in Lauderdale county and it has made gambling fun again.
This is the casino I frequent the most. It's beautiful and as close to a Vegas like casino hotel as you will get . Has many onsite restaurants, bars and a few stores. The restaurants aren't stellar and they are expensive which I think is a mistake. Paying almost $20 for 2 slices of pizza and 2 sodas is crazy at a casino. They don't offer free alcoholic drinks while you gamble but do offer free water and coffee (not sure about sodas and juices).
The payouts on the slots aren't great. In fact if you go and find yourself winning then LEAVE! I have rarely left with a decent profit. Usually winnings are in the $100-$200 range which, if you're a gambler, you know that's nothing. If you're a slot player and want a nice hotel with a beautiful pool and located pretty close to the beach then come here. If you don't care about aesthetics and are just interested in winning big then go spend your money at Miccosukee - They pay out much more. There I've seen people win thousands. Biggest payout I've seen at Hard Rock is around $3k and that's rare.
We were in Florida for a business trip. I was unaware that Florida had land based casinos. We stopped by the Hard Rock in Hollywood. My wife and I are frequent visitors of Las Vegas. I am also a 3 reel 25 cent slot player. I could not find a single slot machine that met that criteria. All I saw were 1 & 2 cent slots. I played some of these and lost every cent I had brought with me.
I never saw anyone else winning either. If this is an example of Florida Indian casinos, I will never go to one ever again. The place was very beautiful, but that was deceiving.
My wife and I stayed 4 nights and 5 days. We were always having a good time. Most all the employees helped out if they could or got someone that could. It did take a lot of time at times but someone always did show up to help. We will try to go there as often as we can. Thanks for trying to show us all a lot of fun.
The slots did not pay out good at all and I think they should comp drinks as long as you are playing. It just isn't right when other major casions comp drinks and here we paid $ 9 & $ 10 for a screwdriver and a strawberry daiquiri. Outrageous. I feel that the money we had to spend on drinks would have been put into the slots anyway so they would have got the money one way or another but it would just be a nice gesture to give complimentary drinks.
