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| - New Lone Butte is a pretty tiny little place. You kinda feel like you're at Wal Mart at times, having to manuever around various oblivious, slow-walking dregs of society just to get where you're going. Though scoring an open machine can be a mighty battle, there were plenty of open $10 poker and blackjack tables. Of course, there was one $5 minimum blackjack table too, with about 48 people trying to get a piece of that. The high roller area was begging for as much action, unless you count all the crickets. Despite the small size, it's a nice joint in terms of quality. It's pretty spic-n-span, which you would hope from a place that's all of three days old, but even with a hearty weekend crowd, the men's room was relatively free of the usually omnipresent random puddles of urine. You might pay several visits to the facilities, as the bar has these giant glass walls with water rolling down, serving as a stark reminder that your bladder isn't all that huge, and $5 cocktails are mighty reasonable. Also, this is probably the world's first casino where non-smokers can effortlessly breathe, quite a feat given that it was jam packed with cigarette-wielding merrymakers.
All in all, I'm pretty impressed with the Gila River Indian Community. It's pretty ballsy to open another casino given the current economic climate, but this is a high-quality, punch-packing, reasonably priced addition to the local indian casino scene. Phat.
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