Went here with a friend who lives in NC, and it's the only casino in the state. We could not a get a room (it's almost impossible on a weekend), and stayed about 5 miles away.
The casino is very large, and was packed while we were there. The atmosphere was not as good as Reno (my favorite) or Vegas (not by a long shot!). It was VERY smoky. I'd say 95% of all the people there smoked, so we were thankful for the small non-smoking casino room.
We tried very hard to have a good time, but we both lost $300 on nickel and penny slots in the first hour or so. Also, not a lot of popular slot titles. We were looking forward to playing Monopoly slots or Wizard of Oz slots, and they had only two machines for each title and they were constantly busy with people waiting behind you for you to get off the machine (not conducive to a great time!).
I have never lost so much money in such a short space of time, and got very few bonus rounds on the video slots. We ate at the "upscale" restaurant, and found it to be okay, but mediocre, however, probably your safest bet compared to some of the dives we tried in Cherokee!
I would not recommend this casino if you are intending to spend most of your stay gambling; you won't be able to afford it!
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