We have been to this casino 25-30 times sine it opened and the slot payouts are always the same. Unless you hit a jackpot, (which I question some of them that are announced) you will never leave there with any of their money!! They want a hotel and a bigger casino and want the patrons to pay for 110% of it, and then some. We decided to give up on the place and head back to Traverse City. It's well worth the gas money up there,or any where else for that matter.
I'd been hoping for this Casino to get the go ahead and open for over ten years since it's in my home area. Now that it's open I'd have to tell my friends to avoid going since the payouts are so bad and table limits are high. It's not uncommon to go through $500 in a couple hours without playing anything bigger than quarters! If they get the least bit busy on the tables even during a week day, they raise the minimums to $10 or higher. Some times it looks like they would rather have people waiting to play a $5 table while the other higher minimum tables set empty. Makes no sense to me at all. I think the sooner the "Station Casinos" management team is gone the better off GLC will be. This is Wayland Mi., not Vegas! The players club is the biggest joke of all. If you go 2-3 days per week and spend 4-6 hrs. per day playing you will get a whopping 5-10 dollars per week of free play which will last all of 2-3 mins. Same on your Birthday..........maybe a free cookie all the way up to 3X points. BIG DEAL!!!! If your within 1.5 hours of any other Casino in Mi. do yourself a favor and avoid Gun Lake until they change their attitude about how much to payout and how to treat their loyal guests!!
The slots at Gun Lake Casino t-i-g-h-t! I understand a casino is in the business to make money and it is our choice on whether or not to visit but it's sad when one isn't even enjoying themselves when they lose hundreds of dollars! It would be one thing if the slots paid out some small winnings but it was not uncommon for me to put a $100 in and not receive anything over a $5.00 hit in return. It's just a matter of time before word starts spreading and the masses eventually skip this casino. The novelty of the "new-ish" casino quickly wore off and I would only recommend going if you have $500 or so in your pocket to throw away in a couple hours!
Too tight for me, I live close and keep telling myself the odds on the slots can't be this bad. But they are, out of 15 visits in the past year I think i left money ahead 2 times. I plan on losing $100 per hr on slots even betting cautiously, just seems to be the average for me. I won't be back. I don't mind paying for entertainment but it's just not worth $100 an hour.
