Have you ever spent some time in Downtown Las Vegas? Not the Strip but actual old-school Downtown? This seems like the epitome of a Downtown Vegas casino.
The Fremont Hotel and Casino is right there on Fremont Street...right in the middle of the Fremont Street Experience. We actually decided to stop by because during the show outside there was a sign that said something about texting a number to get 5 bucks in free slot play. We texted the said number and got our confirmation number and headed over to the casino. We got instructions on where to sign up for their club, waited in line and talked to one of the nice women working behind the counter. This is the part that makes me realize its Downtown Vegas...all the women were the grandma type...even down to the little strap that holds their glasses around their neck.
Here's the strange thing...to get your 5 bucks they had to actually call a supervisor on a radio. After a couple minutes he came down and had to verify everything and enter a bunch of stuff in the computer for each of us. If you have ever been to a place on the Strip this process is usually automatic and takes 10 seconds. Not here, apparently they really need to regulate what little money they give you to play with. They are also a casino that does not allow you to use your free slot play on certain machines. Oh well...no sweat off my back.
The only thing that pissed me off was the fact that I really wanted to play one of the new Goldfish machines...the ones with the reels instead of the boxes. There were three machines and one of them had a woman's husband just sitting there watching her play and then maybe once every 5 minutes spinning once himself.
Dude I don't care if you have no money but let someone else get in there and lose their money too!
I do not think I will be returning. There are lots of other choices right next door that are not such a problem.
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