ok, let's all agree, the place is a dive, it's a favourite hangout for vagrants at 2am, and you don't want to touch the food or drink. BUT - $2 dollar craps, and $1 blackjack (was $3 at the table though) allows me to play aggressively at craps and blackjack when the rest of the strip is at $10 min bets on all games, with rare $5 min blackjack tables.
The dealers were friendly and fun, the crowd obviously less well heeled but more aggressive and fun than higher end strip casino's.
I played craps and blackjack with a starting stake of $200, and after four hours I was down $10... thanks to the low min bets. You can afford to press odds on craps and play properly without a stake in the thousands of dollars.