As an example about a year ago the American Beauty Rose machines (25cent version) hit enough to make them worthy of play. Now that same $100 might last an hour, maybe. I used to be able to spend $100 for an afternoon of entertainment.

Starting early last summer I noticed the payouts were dropping rapidly. TIMES HAVE CERTAINLY CHANGED AND THIS PLACE IS NO PLACE TO HAVE FUN OR ENJOY ANY LONGER!!! As for other reviews I've seen.I agree whole-heartedly with the comments regarding the 'shady' and 'questionable' clientele that seems to be consuming the casino more and more!! Charles Town Races and Slots is no longer on our list of casinos to visit.our money will go to AC or Mississippi.where there are better odds of at least being able to 'play' on our money!! Not even one machine gave you anything that you could just sit and play on. When you sit down at a $1 slot machine and put $100 in it and the only thing the machine hits is a 'cherry' that pays $2 and this only happens twice during the 100 punches.then there is definitely something wrong!! And the worst part is that this happened not only on one machine, but on several machines that we played while here this time. There is minimal chances of hitting a jackpot in this place now!! The decline started when the renovations and additions (garage) were built, then the hotel.through this whole phase, the slots just got TIGHTER and TIGHTER and now they are to the point of little to NO PAYBACK. My husband and I have been going to Charles Town for about 10 years now and we will never go back. Go somewhere where you can atleast have some fun. The Skyline buffet is pretty good (not great, but good). At Charles Town, playing the same denomination slots, our money lasted us 2 hours. We won $600, $500, $400, and several $100 hits while we were there. We just returned from 4 nights in the Atlantis, and boy what a difference!! The Atlantis slot machines were brand new, and gave you ALOT of action for your money. Now we never lose more then what we can afford, and I am certainly not a 'disgruntled gambler'.I just hate to see the average person go for a night of fun and drop lots of money in no time at all. Its not just me who thinks this, its every customer in there, every customer on Tripadvisor, and every customer on any other message board on the internet.

The other times you would win some/lose some, but usually get to play a while on your budget.

Back in the day, meaning 4 years ago or so, you could go two nights a month or so, and hit a jackpot maybe three or four times in a year. It is just silly to see how tight the slots have gotten. We have been going here for several years (maybe about 10 or so).

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