Let me preface this by saying, although I utilize and read reviews like this often, this is the first one I have ever actually written in my life. I have spent hundreds of hours in casinos....turning stone, atlantic city all over, vegas, mohegan sun, charles town, 5 or 6 other casinos overseas...you get the idea. THIS CASINO IS THE WORST IVE EVER BEEN TO. I am hoping my review can save even a couple people from what I assure you will be a bad/costly experience.

To be fair I will tell you the three things I enjoy about this casino. 1) its poker room. Lots of tables and tournaments all of the time. 2) smoke free atmosphere 3) proximity to my home in DC

Unfortunately, these positives are vastly outweighed by the cons (many of which I've come to assume are standard attractions in todays casinos to maintain customer satisfaction). I won't go into any details of what may have impacted my view on an individual level, but rather what I noticed are deeply insufficient characteristics of the casino for every customer.

1) highest minimum tables I've ever seen in any casino, including international. I play higher stakes so this didn't bother me, I was just more shocked than anything.
2) poor comps
3) poor entertainment. On some nights they even have karaoke which literally drives people out of the place
4) worst overall service. I won't pick on any individuals, but from top to bottom (bartenders, dealers, pit bosses, service desk reps) it was very below standard of what I've seen
5) terrible payouts
6) no where to stay (have to get a hotel offsite)

I could get into more detail but I just wanted to get my point across....if you are closer to charlestown or AC, you should definitely go there for a better experience. If it weren't for their monopoly and poker room, I wouldn't be going anymore. When MGM hits national harbor in mid 2016, I would be shocked if they don't run maryland live out of business. At the very least they will provide way better customer service.