You're right (of course, you knew that) about the Downstream. However, I like playing double-deck in the Tulsa area at both the Creek & the Osage casinos on days with no ante. As an avid blackjack player, I'd never play at Windstar because of the ante and because each table has CSMs. Additionally, the Quapaw tribe, who owns the Downstream Casino on the Oklahoma - Missouri border, pays the ante every day of the week. routinely pay the ante for the player Sundays - Wednesdays. However, the Osage tribe and the Creek Tribes in the Northeastern portion of the state, specifically in Tulsa. I've never known Winstar or the other Choctaw casino in the Southwestern portion of the state to waive or pay the ante for the player. Oklahoma state law requires that the ante be 'paid' in order to have the right to play. As it is, from what people have said on this thread, I will probably just stop by and take a quick look around and then go on my way. Even if the place had ideal rules/conditions, I wouldn't play for more than an hour or so before getting back on the road. I'm starting and ending in Dallas and will pass through Oklahoma. I will be passing by the WinStar this November on a major midwestern road trip. I walked right out and drove back to Orlando without playing a hand. I walked in and noticed that the Blackjack tables were all stocked with CSM's. I was in Orlando this summer and drove over to the Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa to play one evening. I'm not desperate enough to play bad conditions somewhere else. I live within a couple of hours of several Mississippi casinos that offer good rules/conditions for a player like me. My advice - keep going, regardless of direction! OK is also one of those states that doesn't allow dice games - craps is played with several modified decks of cards - Lameo!!! Likewise, if travelling east, Louisiana does not charge an ante per hand. If you're travelling west, hold out for New Mexico or Colorado, where no ante per hand is expected. What a rip-off and is why I refuse to give OK any of my action - on principle!

Average 60 hands per hour = $30 you are paying separate and apart from winnings / losses. For example, if you want to play blackjack at $5 a hand, you pay a separate $.50 for each hand you play. That means you pay a fee for each table game hand you play. To my knowledge, all OK casinos (unless during a particular promotion, etc.) charge an ante per hand. Worth area - no casino gambling in Texas (Boo!!!).Īnother poster already mentioned it, but I will reiterate. While I have not been to this particular casino, I hear it gets A LOT of action from the Dallas / Ft.

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