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My wife and I traveled up to Harrington's on Sunday, the 27th of June 2010 from Virginia. We thought the casino was middle of the road.Harrington's just got table games. I personally was not impressed with them. There was a wide range of games, including craps, roulette, mini baccarat (progressive), fortune pai gow (progressive), three card poker (progressive), four card poker (progressive), casino war (progressive), ultimate Texas hold'em (progressive), bonus let it ride (progressive), perfect pair blackjack, in bet blackjack, blackjack switch, royal match 21, big six wheel, and blackjack.Personally, I was frustrated that there were not more "regular" blackjack tables. Blackjack should be the focal point table game in my opinion.I understand that some of the dealers lacked experience, so I did give a little break for this. I thought that they handled their own.I thought the limits were fine as they were $5.00 min bet in the morning and early afternoon, and then were increased as the day went along. The roulette was good because they have the chip stackers installed where the dealer just slides the losing bets into a hole and the machine sorts and stacks them, saving time.There are plenty of slots, but only a few "Game King" machines (these are the ones that have the various video poker games). There was machine dealt blackjack (virtual dealer) and mechanical roulette. The payout was good as I won at whatever I played, although I didn't play any machine for more than 30 minutes at a time.The Poker Room is okay. With it being new, you could tell that the casino is working out kinks. There were 4-8 games going on the Sunday afternoon. They have a bad beat jackpot for Texas Hold'em, 50% to loser, 25% to winner, and 25% to rest of table. The players were raw in my opinion, but that always changes. I played $1/$2 no limit hold'em and I made $100 playing very selective hands over a 2 1/2 hour period. For the $1/$2 no limit game, the max buy in is $200.The casino has a few different restaurants. The buffet must be good because the line was always long (30+ min wait). We didn't want to wait and we were not very hungry, so we ate at the sports book restaurant, which was priced well and tasted good. A cheeseburger and fries were only $7.00.The sports book area looked nice as well. I can tell that when sports betting gets going, the place will be hopping. They have horse betting, but once football season starts, the people will be there ready to bet.Customer service was okay. The drink girls in the casino and poker room were out and about, and the service at the sports book restaurant was great, but the line for the players club was very long. I assume that it is because the place is very busy now that they have table games, but if this is the reason then there should be better planning for more service.There is no hotel with the casino/racetrack. There are 3 in Harrington, so nothing to report there. I think that the casino is in nice physical condition with nice accents.The players club is like many others. I got $10.00 in free slot play for signing up. You do not earn any points for playing poker, so that is a major drawback.Overall, I say that the casino is in the middle. People that expect an all world, Vegas style casino that gives anything and everything to a patron will be disappointed. But if you expect a typical casino, with a place to play and a chance to earn a few rewards, then this is the place.
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