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| - I am not a gambler. One time, when I was 19, I played slots in Toronto and won $10 and called after a few quarters and never gambled again. But I love to people-watch. Which brings us to Rivers.
Rivers is flat-out depressing. Between the lack of people in general to the video poker to the little old ladies gambling, it makes me sad. The fact that it's super bright inside makes it even worse. Rivers almost as sad as the poorly-lit Casino Niagara's smoky old slots that caters to really old pensioners and 19-year-old drunk American kids. I used to live in Memphis and the Tunica, Mississippi casinos there are at least glitzier and make a better girls' night, 100%.
I've been to Rivers at several different times of day from after a weekend Pirates game to during an afternoon Steelers game and after midnight on a work day to a "fun" Saturday night out (spoiler: it was pretty boring). The only time that I've seen it remotely busy --as in, a full circle of people around the craps table--is after a weekend night Pirates game.
The couple times I've been to the restaurants inside Rivers, I found them all to be wayyyy overpriced and not nearly as good as any of the joints near the Mexican War Streets. The service as the so-called upscale steakhouse was painfully slow even though there were, like, three tables occupied. If you really need to go to a steakhouse, go to The Capital Grille located Downtown.
The only plus is that if you are either gambling a lot OR female and standing with someone who is gambling a lot, you can get comped drinks.
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