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.

And I did win a couple hundred on Five Times Pay machine maybe things maybe looking up.First of all, I am not much of a a gambler. Now for the good news I did see a few winners just two weeks ago. I suspect her lack of interest was due to a lack guts. Charlestown races and slots was a pretty nice place to go but I feel the real problems are due to a lack of the employees dealing with the problems.I recently asked an employee to tell a person playing three machines on a satuday night to only play one She walked away from me. Now you can spend $100.00 and your lucky if you get a Cherry out of 100 spins on a dollar machine.I don't expect to win all of the time but it would be nice to win enough to keep playing for an hour or two since we drive an hour to get there.I feel that they should post the %of payback at the door so you know what to expect when you go in.I agree too that there is a serious problem with security I recently saw a Mexican Urinating just several feet from the Door on the Race Track side. We goto Charlestown races and slots a couple of times a month, mostly during the winter when there is not much to do.The paybacks have really lowered in the past year I suspect it is due to the construction. The varity of machines are the best, and you should have a lot more fun. It is a two hour, fifteen minute drive from Reston, VA. In the VA DC or MD areas, take the extra time and drive to Chester, PA and play at harrah's new casino. along with a free entry in a slot tourney where 75% of the participants will win some cash. Even as a penny player, I have 19 free room nights at Ballys Resort in Vegas, $100. We played for six hours betting on penny machines. Not only did we win, but three days later I received a thank you letter with a free room night, $30. Last week, we drove to Atlantic City and played at Caesars. The Players club rewards are such a joke. Just walk around and see most players are down to their last credits, and nobody has a smile on their faces. We really do not expect to win, but money should last a whole lot longer. Charles Town also has older machines that you can not even find at other casinos and the variety of penney slots is terrible. 90-95% of the time you will leave angry at ourselves for even going there. We play penny machines and they suck in your money so fast it hurts. Today your chances of winning or even lasting on a slot machine is almost zero. When Charles Town slots began to expand, payouts really dropped.

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