During that time Blackjack had an unusual to me $20 table minimum. I walked the casino floor pretty broadly on both days of my first visit, which were a Saturday and Sunday. One thing that was unusual and caught my eye was the table game limits. The gaming floor has evolved over my visits, but some sections are basically the same as they were since my first visit, so fans of certain games will likely still find them around upon a follow-up visit. I’ve never had a particularly rough ride there myself – I’ve had certainly some standard gambling downswings, but I’ve had a couple of trips where I’ve gotten well ahead as well. The non-smoking room was nice, but very few penny games resided there – most were higher limit games, so if you’re hoping to get out of the smoke and have a solid selection, you’ll be disappointed. Pac-Man Wild Edition, another game I like and on the same cabinet, right next door. I’m not sure the reason for this (other than perhaps easier maintenance if you’re doing something to the same machine type across the board), but it did make it sometimes easier to take an educated guess on where to find a certain game, if you knew what machine the game was released.įor instance, I knew that the Quick Spin game was by Ainsworth appeared on certain of their machines, and I was able to find it easily. On some parts of the casino floor, machines were grouped in batches of the same machine from the same manufacturer, although different games within the cluster. These games seemed to be pretty popular with players there, so it makes sense – give the players what they want. They had lots of machines that were in the Bombay/Stinkin’ Rich format, similar to how they did in Tampa. They had a lot of the newer games, from a variety of game manufacturers. There were a lot more standard penny machines at the Hollywood location. When I previously visited their Tampa location, there were a ton of 2 cent machines, which made it tough to find lower minimum bets. While the Seminole tribe was very early on an investor in improvements in Class II Bingo machines, the modern Hard Rock floor is loaded with Class III (Vegas-style) slot machines, and it’s a massive gaming floor. Since this article was originally published, it’s been augmented with a deeper hotel section and some other updates.

I wanted to share my thoughts with you about the property and what to expect if you pay a visit. The Seminoles have been investing a lot of money upgrading both this property and their Tampa location in the past couple of years.

I’ve had a couple of opportunities in recent years to check out the upgraded Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, while visiting the Fort Lauderdale area.

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