New: (13) 25c : 96.69% PKM To the left of the cage

New: (13) $1 : 98.17% PKM to the left of the cage

More bad news from the Isle. It looks like management finally figured out that new Gamemakers that replaced the old coin droppers last November came with chips that had full pay games at the dollar level. About two weeks ago they took the 7 machines against the wall out of service, and this week they went back in service with new chips. Dollar Pickem is now the 98.17% version and the quarter play return is 96.69%. The slot tech I talked to on May 12th said the six machines in the center group are also due to be "upgraded" in the next week. In a little over a year video poker play at this casino has gone from by far the best in Kansas City to by far the worst (and the worst in Kansas City is really saying something). The play reflects this--the video poker section of this casino is mostly barren of players these days. Isle Management if you are listening, a bigger cut of the action is only good for you if people are willing to put money in the machine, right?

New: 13 fancy Gamemaker upright machines in the VP area to the left of the cage (seven against the wall and six in a circular formation right next to the seven). Various games at $0.05, $0.25, $1 (slot games only at the nickle denom).
Pick'em is offered in quarter and dollar denoms. All 13 machines offer full pay JOB (9/6) and almost full pay Pick'em at the dollar denom (1,195 for the SF vs. 1,199 for the true full pay version). Quarter Pick'em has been downgraded to the 96.2% version. With CB, $1 Pick'em is about a break even play. However if you are hoping to play break even and clean up on comps, good luck. There is no hotel and they've closed down the Farraday's restaurant. That leaves you with the buffet, which is mediocre on most nights, better on crab and shrimp night. If you've been there, you know this is not a glamorous casino. The attraction for VP players was the quarter full pay Pick'em, not the amenities. A better option now for quarter players is to play the dollar Pick'em offering short pay one coin. That makes it a 98.95% game, which is a full percent worse than you were getting with full pay quarters, but significantly better than the 96.2% return on the new quarter pay table.

Casino no longer has a non-smoking section.

*** MIA - *** (6) 25c 40/8 AA Game Makers in a row to the left of the main cashier windows.

Boothlings won't disclose comp balances or how comps are computed.

I am sorry to report the demise of All American at the Isle. It has been removed from all the machines in both the smoking and non-smoking sections, I believe as of late Thursday night/early Friday morning last. This was about the last of the All American in existance. They left Pick'Em on the machines, at least for now. It would not surprise me if it went away as well. The Isle folks seem to be making a lot of cuts in the name of cost savings, including reducing or eliminating cash back.

*** MIA - *** (6) 25c 40/8 AA & 99.9% PKM Game Makers to the left of the main cashier windows. (12) 25c 40/8 AA & 99.9% PKM Game Makers in the southeast corner of the casino. (2) $1 40/8 AA & 99.9% PKM Game Makers in the southeast corner of the casino.

Cindy Hohl is now a host at IOCKC.

There are six new 25c machines with PKM and AA in the middle of the non-smoking section and five more machines against the back wall with 25c PKM.

, I counted a total of twelve quarter Game Makers with All-American and Pick 'Em machines and two dollar Game Makers with All-American and Pick 'Em machines in the enclosed non-smoking area: six in a carousel, four on one wall, and two (along with the two dollar machines) on another wall. In addition, I counted TWO rows of six quarter Game Makers with All-American and Pick 'Em machines in the main casino: one row immediately to the left of the main cashier windows, as before, but a SECOND row two rows to the left of that. Unfortunately, I could not see that bank of five Pick 'Em machines that "rreid01" reported on earlier, but I could be wrong.

As of 15

$40 coin-in = 1 point. 100 slot club points = $5 cash back for a return of 0.125%

I was wondering if anyone out there is getting comps from Isle of Capri. I've gone out there four times the last month, averaging about $3000 coin-in on All American a trip, losing $100 twice, $200 once, and winning $70 on the other, making a combined loss of $430. This is probably right at what they would expect to get of my $12000 bet. So what have I earned in comps? Nothing. Nada. Zilch.