Is Imperial Casino actually worth a visit, or is it all show?
Sounds like I'd have the same letdown, pokies everywhere and a sad little table corner feels off for a Saturday night 😅 maybe I'm being dumb but I thought the tables would be the main draw? Keen to hear if the cage and staff side of it was any better 👀
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Sad little table corner is about right, that's exactly how it looked. The pokies clearly pay the rent there so tables get whatever space is left over. Staff at the cage seemed fine when I cashed out, no dramas, though that's the least you'd ask for. Went on a quieter weekend myself, so can't say if Saturday picks up.
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Paul's pretty much said it. I wandered through there on a Saturday myself a while back, same feeling. Pokies bank after pokies bank right as you walk in, and the tables shoved off in the corner like an afterthought. Dead quiet over there too, which tells you everything about where the money flows.
For the young fella asking about the cage, no dramas there either, staff were polite and I got paid without a wait. But mate, if tables are your main draw, temper the expectations. I remember when a Saturday floor had proper buzz around them, old-school grind stuff, blackjack dealers working a full rail. It's mostly a pokie barn with a token table pit these days. Worth a look if you're in town anyway, just don't build a night around it 😉
Same read on my visit. Pokies fund the floor, so tables get scraps. If you want live action, this depends on the volatility you enjoy anyway. Cage was smooth though. 📊
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Stupid question maybe, but when you all say the cage was smooth, is that just cashing out at the counter? Never done it in person 😅
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No dumb question mate, the cage is just the cashier counter where you cash out your chips or ticket winnings. You take your chips or the printed ticket over, they count it and hand you the cash there and then. At Imperial it seemed to run quick enough even with the quiet Saturday floor, so no drama, ah well, we grind on 😉
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JandalKiwi covered it well. Win24's point resonates with me, although I'd add a caveat: a thin Saturday crowd might just mean the regulars were at the tables and everyone else treats the place as a pokies lounge. When I went, I did two hours on the floor and the pokies section was humming while three tables sat mostly idle. Hit rate matters more than RTP if you're picking between a quiet table and a busy bank of spins 📊
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WinLive might have a point, but I noticed the same thing when I popped in one Saturday, pokies banks front and centre with music pumped up, tables shoved round the back corner like an afterthought. If I'm walking in for a proper game I want the table area to look alive, not like a storage room. Anyone actually cashed out at the cage there and walked away paid, or is that still just rumour?
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Same experience here, SamJandal. Walked the whole floor twice before I even spotted the tables, tucked behind the pokies banks like they were hiding something. Fair caveat though, my hit on the night was thin and I'd swung by earlier in the evening, so maybe the table crowd builds later. Either way a venue that buries its tables that deep is telling you where the money's made, and it ain't at the felt.
RTP is a long-run number.
Agree with RobReels on the layout, walked a full lap myself before finding the tables tucked behind the pokie banks. Caveat though, I only gave the floor maybe forty minutes, so if the table crowd does build later I missed it. My session was pokies anyway, modest bet per spin and walked out about even, no harm done 😅
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Only went once myself but same vibe, pokies humming and the table corner nearly empty 😬 Only a few punters there on a Saturday, felt a bit sad tbh. Is it worth a second look later at night?
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Same vibe when I went 😅 pokies loud, tables dead quiet. Keen to hear if the late crowd actually shows up, might give it a second go myself 🤔
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Late crowd question haunts every quiet casino 🤣 My gut says the tables wake up after 10. Went once at arvo too, floor so quiet I could hear my NZ$50 crying. One more spin, promise 😂
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Same vibe when I went 😅 pokies loud, tables dead quiet. Keen to hear if the late crowd actually shows up, might give it a second go myself 🤔
Think it hits better after dinner service. You're usually losing money waiting for action to kick off.
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Nah, don't worry about the quiet times, you just gotta wait for the slots to start going off! I always find that even when the tables are chillin', the pokies are having a massive party and they just KEEP paying out. Hit big last night on the latest machine and snagged 8700 NZD ngl 🔥💰. Always action here, seriously. 🎰🤑
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