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My first trip to CT was in Dec 2010, an overnight stay at the Inn with business in DC after. The hotel room was fine, we didn't have the racetrack view but didn't spend much time there anyway. Split the room with 2 others so the cost was minimal. The shuttle was nice, driver friendly. Wasn't too crowded on a weekday afternoon. I played for about 8 hrs, $5 min craps and taking breaks at various quarter slots. I was up $900 when I left, mostly from grinding at the craps table. I gave some back at the slots but finished up ahead slightly. I'm not sure but believe the craps min rose to $10 as the evening wore on.Second trip was the end of May 2012, took the motorcycle to DC for Rolling Thunder. CT was less than an hr away, so arrived around 6pm on Sat night. Free parking in the deck adjacent to the casino. Quite a crowd! The table area was packed, there were no open seats that I could see at the blackjack tables, but I managed to squeeze in at the craps table. Four tables running, 25/min at two of them and I was surprised to see two at a $10 min. The table staff and management were all friendly. Craps odds were 3x for 6 and 8, not sure if it was higher on the others. After an hr, they raised both $10 tables to $25 min. I played craps for a few hrs, then slots for an hr... repeated until I left at midnight. There were 8 players per table. Despite losing a hundred here and there during the rolls, I still managed to color up ahead $100-150 each session. I mostly played $1 slots, winning here and there and moving around. Up several hundred, I decided to try a $5 slot. On the third spin, I hit for a hand pay of $1200, cashed out and left up $2100. On the way out, I asked the pit boss for a food court comp, which he happily gave me. Overall, great experiences, of course winning made it even better! The casino was smokey, no worse than ones in AC or Vegas though. I can't speak for the other slot players, I didn't see any big jackpots but it was fairly crowded at all the machines. Apparently CT has a tight reputation, but you can win.
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