NON-full pay coin-in has also changed in the last week or so - now set to $2 coin-in per point (500 points = $1 cashback = .10%) at both the Colorado Belle and Edgewater.

Effective today $6 of play (formally it was $300) will get you one point on your access card at both the Edgewater and Colorado Belle on the full pay machines. With 500 points needed to get $1 in cashback this works out to .033%. I'm just so excited! Comp accrual rate remains at two cents per $100 of play. What a place to diet! All this said I very much enjoy playing at both properties. The slant tops are very nice and comfortable to play and a few thousand of play per month gets some free nights, a bit of free play and an occasional other perk or two.

The 8 full-pay machines have been moved, now located near the north entrance. Same near nothing points!

The 8 full-pay machines have been moved, now located right in front of Boiler Room microbrewery. Same signage, same game menu, same point policy (ain't gettin' any), same comp earnings - about $1 comps for every 700 hands played.   Comps (not points) are now redeemable dollar-for-dollar for Exxon-Mobil gas cards, in $25 denominations (limit $50 per day).

Colorado Belle and Edgewater now pay no points (zero, zilch, nada) on their positive expectations VP (FPDW, 10/7DB, JW, etc.) I played for over 5 hours and received 0 points, confirmed with the slot club boothlings they no longer give points on positive VP. Comp dollars still accrue.

*** MIA - *** 25c 8/5 BP PROG.

Colorado Belle now has only 8 FPVP. Machines were removed from all banks in the area (both full and non-full pay banks) to make for a wider aisle.

There are no longer separate cash back and free play categories. All money back is based on points (1000 points = $2). The latest slot club flyer says points can be redeemed for free slot play at machines OR for cash back at the slot club booth. On all of the FPVP machines at Edgewater and Belle, it now takes $20 in to earn 15 points .. $1.333 per point. Based on this, the cashback (freeplay) is at 0.15%. Comps still accumulate separately ... comps accumulate about $1.31per 1000 points ... at the above $1.333 per point this means comps are at just under 0.1%.

Colorado Belle has added a bank of 12 slant tops with quarter FPDW, 100.6 JW, 10/7 DB and 10/6 DDB. They're in the south end of CB on the river side, near a bar.

The Belle and Edgewater have added numerous 8/5 BP, 9/7 DB, and 9/6 DDB to their inventories at various denominations, which isn't great, but better than total devastation. The BP is everywhere, and the DB and DDB are generally on the highest denomination of the MD machines. If you were to add the BP to the database, you'd be safe in saying it's available in all denominations throughout the casino, including $.05 at the top of the escalator in the Belle (10 slants, I saw full pay only on the escalator side). I'm not sure what's better--lots of

I did a quick inventory check (skipped the bartops as they were in use). Didn't find anything above 99.0%.

*** MIA - *** FPDW - 9/6/5 DDJ - 10/7 DB - 10/6/4 DDJ 20/10/6 JW - 8/5/50 SA - NSUD - 15/9 SBDW 16/11 DDW - 9/6 Bdlx - 8/5 DJ - 9/6 JOB 8/5 BP - 9/6 DDB

Edgewater and Colorado Belle now use their own "Access Player Card". Best Video Poker games are "To Be Determined".

*** MIA - *** (1) 25c 15/8 LDW by the River Bar (east/central).

The River bar has 22 TITO Game King stations and has a selection of VP like the Shooter Bar. The game selection is the same. The quarter progressive meter is separate...each bar's meter moves by itself. The VP also is .50 and $1 (no progressive), but same games. A $1071 royal in the Boiler Room did not lock-up the machine for a hand-pay. Do not know if the other bars or floor machines have this same protocol. Ticket cashing machines are now on the floor.