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If there was a category for value it would rate high. The tower and vintage rooms have recently been renovated and are now non smoking. Only the Pavilion rooms will offer smoking. The story goes Jackie Gaughan bought a defunct hotel and had it disassembled and re constructed as the pavilion rooms that are the 5th floor of the then new parking garage structure finished in 1963. The doors open outside so you can smoke to your hearts content with your room door open. The 15 story Tower rooms, built in 1980, are non smoking now, as well as the original Vintage Rooms, which are accessible only by stairs in the casino, and are part of the original hotel. The vintage rooms used to be all smoking. I wonder how they got the stink out of there. The new Cabana Building is 100% non smoking as well and has a "Smart" climate system. So if you smoke in there they fine you big time. The regular deluxe rooms are tiny, the junior suites are the size of a regular room, 400 sq ft. It's the old "Ogden House" building that used to be a fleabag used by the El CO for overflow and low buck rooms. There are a couple of "Super Suites" but I don't know if those are available to the common folk. The gambling is good, 3-to-2 Blackjack, hand dealt or by shoe, but no double after split, H17 and the table limits are low. .25 cent, $1.00 min roulette double zero, 4 tables. Craps 2 tables, one is $3 sometimes, both are usually $5 on busy nights or weekends. I think it was 10X odds but don't quote me on that. Field 12 pays only double. There's a decent mix of video poker, but no 9/6 JOB. Most of the best machines are deuces wild or various bonus poker games. There are a couple of Wheel of Fortune machines, and a good cross section of slots, keno, and others including the newer video slots as well as a few old clunkers that pay pretty good. The poker room is a cordoned off section over by the bar and has low fees, a very popular room for those crusty old card sharks from yesteryear, including the man "Jackie Gaughan" who loves to sit and play for hours most days. You know the guy has got to love to gamble, and he had some of the best offerings downtown for serious gamblers for many years. Low limits and buy ins make for an interesting crowd. The casino layout is old school and smoking is still permitted in the casino but that may change in the future due to the strong trend developing nationwide as to smoking in public. Vegas still caters to many tourists from many nations, some have a high percentage of smokers, such as China and India, that have more smokers than America has people. Gamblers have a high percentage of smokers, it goes with the territory, both are risky propositions. It's not exactly part of the Fremont Street Experience, but it's just down on Fremont Street. Pass Las Vegas Blvd, through the Fremont East District, it's down on the left.
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