My husband and I went to Choctaw in Durant this week with a friend. I played the slot machines with my friend and I won $82 after playing for several hours but my friend lost hundreds. My husband won $1300 on a poker machine - he does not play the slots. We had a good time but didn't see any big winners all day. For us, it was a mixed bag. We plan to go again and I will be curious to see how the slots payout next time.
My husband and I have been long time gamblers at Choctaw. We started out playing on the floor in the old casino and never won but one jackpot in a span of 3-4 years.
Then we decided to move to the High Stakes area, well we were even scared to play the $5 machines but we did.....We've won a huge amount of money from Nov-09 to Mar 2010. However within the last 6 weeks machines have QUIT PAYING ANYTHING, NO RED SCREEN, NO GOOD SPINS, MAYBE SMALL DIAMOND OR PRIVATE STRIPES. RARLY ANYTHING LIKE HOT DOG, VALENTINE, GFLAT OR ANYTHING THATS GOOD. Word it that the software has changed in the last several weeks. I advise to NOT go to Choctaw until you hear that the machines are paying. You can put in $1,000 in the $5 machine and get maybe 2 spins. HIGHWAY ROBBERY!!
From 2/12/10 to 2/14/10, I was eating, sleeping, and of course playing at the new Choctaw Casino in Durant. It
is a really nice place. They have plenty of modern slot machines to play. On Feb 12, the machines were paying ok.
You may end-up losing some, but you will have plenty of opportunity to play as you win some and lose some. On Feb 13, the machines were really loose. I mean loose in the sense that you hear all buzzers going off on almost every machine. Jackpots at almost all type of games were that evening. Then come Sunday when I can't believe seeing almost everyone betting 50 cents or less because the machines we so tight. I expect to lose money but I didn't expect to see people being vocal about their disappointments. I guess the money for the 10k every hour giveaway, as well as the new Lexus giveaway, must come from somewhere.
The service was good, not the best, employees seem to be caught off guard, in fact, many of them wouldn't know where the bathrooms are located. The ice machines ran out of ice, the food businesses were not prepared for the turn outs, they closed the doors because they ran out of food.
For a large casino with experience under its belly, I think Choctaw performed poorly on their grand opening. I think it is a good casino that is worth visiting. They definitely impressed me with the machines variety, floor design, the extravagant indoor as well as outdoor(pool, mini golf course, quite sitting facilities, etc..) However, they have made a bad first time impression on me, and for that I will not go back to the Durant location again.
Visit Durant about three times a week. Slots are really bad. I understand they are there to take your money and I don't mind losing, but seems the last two years the slots will not even let you play for awhile.
When I first started visiting Durant it was nothing to see a slot locked up if I walked around, but now it is rare if I see one slot locked up a night. Message to Chowtaw-I don't hear many bells and remember if someone wins occasionally they will tell there friends - same is true if they lose.
I frequently visit Choctaw and they seem to draw a pretty fair crowd, it's sometimes too crowded on weekends. Thus, a bigger casino is coming in.
It does seem slots are not paying as well as in the past. I hear many complaints about this and many people are playing less per spin to make the money last longer.
Really looking forward to the new casino opening in a couple weeks. And see what the new restaurants are like.
