Basically the odds are the same since the NV Gaming Commissoin requires random winning. But those casinos away from the Strip and labeled as locals favorite, e.g., in neighborhoods, are better. Look at South Point, Gold Coast and Orleans all just a short distance from the Strip.

And those local casinos, join every players club even on The Strip, for the opportunity of collecting points for comps.

None of them do. As a matter of fact ALL of the casinos have “tightened” their slots lately because of the economy. Sorry about that. Although a lot of locals believe that the casinos that the locals go to, (the Stations, the Coasts, the Canneries) have looser slots because they want locals to win because we are here all the time. You might try one of those.

Why don’t you try some table games? If you don’t know how to play craps or blackjack, a few casinos have free teaching sessions. The very best odds are craps and blackjack is good too. Don’t do roulette, it’s odds are the worst, but this is a very fun game to play and you can play conservatively and make your dollars stretch.

Good luck, and save some $$ for the buffets.

Not all the casinos have teh same slots we have found Harrahs properties to be the tightest since TPG (spit) took control though MGM have seemed to follow suit. The best luck I had with slots on the Strip last couple of trips (and this length of survival not walking away up) was Wynn followed by yes Venetian !!

=> What they’ve done to increase the house edge for video poker is to come up with new lower payout tables. The original payout table, called a 6-9 Jacks or better if played skillfully actually had no house edge. You’ll never find that game.
-> Video blackjack has done similar things. In addition to only paying even money on blackjacks, many of the machines restrict when you can double. In exchange they add a few rules that are in favor of the player (they give you a 6 card charlie for instance). The tendency now is to not even offer video blackjack to increase revenue.
=> Slots are the big money maker in casinos. The big thing is to offer a kicker (the standard is to return 80 or 100 times your original bet every 200 pulls). The player feels very lucky and quickly gambles away the winnings trying for the “big score”. Progressives and penny machines are very profitable.
Craps have a set of rules that was standardized in the 19th century and its difficult for a casino to mess with them. The most common thing is to only pay double on boxcards in a field bet (instead of triple). Also, they offer sucker bets like “Big 6 & Big 8″ and “fire bets”. Mostly they just have increased the minimum bets so that you need a lot of money to play.

Casino Royale has the loosest on the strip. The further away from the strip the better. Try the Tuscany and Terribles .. they aren’t too far off the strip and seem to payout better. Yes, the locals casinos do pay better because most are regulars that live here and know the best places to play. We stay away from the strip when we gamble .. we know better.