I cashed in and went and bet on a horse race (and won $6 on a $20 bet). On my first quarter slot - after feeding it only $20, I hit for almost $600 within 10 minutes. So I decided to try the quarter slots (and I always used the max 3 coin bet) to make it last a little longer. I put some $40 into the $1 slots, always played the max bet and got nowhere. but they all had 3 cylinders/columns with bars, some with 7s, and all with some kind of wild card (diamonds, cherries, jokers, etc, etc). I played only the more simple slots - can t remember their names. I took about $300, intending to blow some $100 on the ponies and maybe $200 on the slots. I started to not go there because of all the negative reviews here about tight slots - but went anyway. The staff is very friendly and couteous - no problems there. A friendly hostess literally walked me from one end of the place to the other - where I needed to go. It is pretty large though - when I was trying to leave/find the 'garage' - I got lost amidst the slot machines (looking for the west garage vs the east garage). And I sort of like the concept that I could watch/bet on a horse race and in less than a minute or so - back to the slots - the overall 'layout' of the place is pretty great. Like all the other reviews, it rates highly on being clean, safe, well laid out, etc (although I did not eat there). The horse races start at 1:00 PM on Sundays. I went there on a Sunday afternoon, J(got there about 1:00 PM - left about 5:00 PM). I live in Maryland, less than 1 1/2 hrs from Charles Town.

My last gambling escapade was about 1998 when I went to Vegas - and played the slots and lost a few hundred - no big deal.

First of all, I am not much of a a gambler.

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