oct 26 09

It was the first time I ever went to a casino and I loved the slots. We went on a bus tour down and they gave us 25 dollars on the player card and a free buffet. Which was wonderful. I only brought 20 extra dollars and I came home with over a 100 bucks, just from playing the 1 cent, 2 cents, and 25 cents slots. I went to have a good time, win or lose and we did. I have been reading reviews on casinos and most are not very nice but its a chance to win or lose and you should go and have a good time. I hope this helps some people make up their minds to go and visit. You do not have to have alot of money to go and have a good time we will go again.

We're no casual slots players. Within the year we've visited Casinos in Arizona (2), Las Vegas (17) and all of Pennsylvania's casinos (except Mount Airy). We were in line at The Rivers Casino's opening day. We've returned a number of times. We've never won there. Nothing!



We've had some good luck at many of the casinos we've visited. Even the ones we've only visited once.

Yet, The Rivers seems impossible to even break even. Since we like playing the slots, we keep a close eye on the revenues generated at ALL of Pennsylvania's casinos.

(The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's web site maintains weekly lists of revenues of all of the states casinos)

The Rivers, while it has the second highest number of machines in the state, frequently ranks near the bottom in revenue.

AND IT'S ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM IN THE AREA OF PROMOTIONAL PLAY! (and that includes smaller casinos like Presque Isle, which has a thousand fewer machines)



Sure, it's a nice looking venue. But minus any fair shot of winning anything - it's not worth it. We'll probably stay at the less attractive, but more generous Meadows!

This casino is one big mess, 1st of all you have to search just to find certain denominations machines all mixed together. Also if you play the machine close to the max it will take all your money, seems to me this place is managed all wrong. Better get their act together or it wont be around for long. If this is what Pittsburgh has to offer. They are in for a crash landing with this place.



JOKE !!!!!

I have played slots all across the U.S. and know of only one casino with tighter machines. I have visited The Rivers over ten times and studied the trends closely. These machines rarely allow you to get ahead. There have been few times when I was playing with the casinos money, it was always mine as the machine systematically eroded my bankroll. I would never take any friends there and will not return myself. I believe the level of greed on the part of the casino is second to none and will be their undoing.

Visited this new facility late-night/overnight on a Sunday in August. MAGNIFICENT place! Great selection of machines (many newer games!) and the employees overall are TOP NOTCH - very friendly and really made me feel welcome and a valued customer!

My intent was to just play a few hours, but I was having so much fun while riding the "winning streak" I ended up staying & playing for nearly twelve hours!! At one point I was ahead almost $500 - playing penny slots (and a few nickel machines).

The place is CLEAN, SMOKE-FREE, and rivals the larger casinos in Vegas. Biggest drawbacks: there's no place to get a bite to eat that's open overnight, and the cafe is expensive for breakfast.

No Table games (but I understand they ARE coming), and they need to rework their food comp formula: I would expect that $1,000 coin-in would garner MORE than just $3 in food comp $$$.

The Player's Club personnel were impersonal, unfriendly, and worst of all: uninformative. I would expect these people to know their Player's Club policies, promotions, and FreePlay/Bonus Bucks' system - AND be able to explain it to their customers! (I will give then some leeway, as I visited near the end of a shift, but it's still no excuse for treating a new customer poorly and not being able to answer simple questions!)

I very much look forward to my next visit to Pittsburgh and playing at The Rivers!!

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