Holland Casino Amsterdam

[Seaman63]

Is it a "go" or a "no go" place to gamble at? I googled it and found more negative than positive opinions, i. e. rude staff or one can´t win there.

Any advice / experiences here?

[Simmo!]

I played there this year and thought it was OK. Costs 5 euros to get in (photo ID essential, but a casual dress sense is OK) and the staff on reception were OK but I didn't really deal with anyone slse. It's on two floors, but the slots are downstairs - plenty of them too. Smoking rooms to each side so no smoking on the floor. Not as many slots as Vegas obviously but some IGT and other games. I'd guess around 100 machines. Even had Shinobi - one of my favourites and you don't see it very often. A seperate room to the side has video poker and lots of Keno.

The biggest pain is the fact that when you cash out of machines it gives you tokens rather than a slip, so you have to keep grabbing buckets and spend forever feeding them back into other machines. When you cashout at the end though they have machines where you simply tip the bucket in and it pays out the notes so thats easy. Didn't play the table games upstairs though so can't comment. There is a restaurant (not that great and expensive) and a snack bar plus the waitresses bring free drinks round (although rarely LOL).

Overall though, it was much better than I expected - definitely better than most UK casinos in terms of games choice but lacks the atmosphere of a Vegas joint. Typically European I guess.

[Seaman63]

Thanks much for the detailed info Simmo. I think I will give it a try, even I do not like the tokens too. I only love the sound when I withdraw massive amounts of them...

[marsan]

up untill 8 years ago orso we went to the holland casino every week..and we had often handpayouts and often leaving casino with a profit

but im not lying..for the past 8 years we have not once left the casino with an profit,its always around -1000 euros and sometimes even more,

not only dont we ever leave with an profit,but we hardly ever even get ahead inbetween playing..its just 1 straight line down..every time w eleave the casino im so pissed,cause i feel like im being cheated(but im still so dumb to return thinking im just ona an incredible bad variancestreak)

online we lose and win,but its balanced..but at holland casino ..its terrible

[Simmo!]

For the record and to balance that, I went 3 nights in a row, played only slots, and came out about 10% down over the 3 nights give or take a few dollars. Had 1 night where I came out ahead and 2 where I came out down. On the two nights I came out down I went up and down all night so could probably have come out slightly up if I'd quit at the right time, but I went there to spend a few hours, not to make a quick profit and leave.

There was one slot that killed me - some IGT slot with whirlwinds and farm animals (cant remember the name) but Cleopatra 2 and Shinobi were in a good mood generally

[Seaman63]

Ok..I tried it out, my hotel was only 5 minutes to walk from the Casino, so I had no real chance not to play there

I went in with a low roller budget of 50 EUROs and left after 3 hours of play with 210 EUROs. ( Could have been 380 € but you know the story!)

Staff was friendly but they did not serve any drinks. They have smoking lounges there and those were not much clean. What I did not not like were the tokens, I do not want to exchange my tokens everytime I win or cashout.

The entrance of 5 EUROs is way too high from my opinion, here in Germany I never paid more than 2 €.

[marsan]

nice win
and with only 50 euros..wow

so amazing that we always lose around 1k..and really..we never even get in profit,just 1 str8 line down,but we always go to the hollandcasinos in breda/eindhoven

which slots did you play ?

[Seaman63]

Well, I do not remember the name of slots, the best one was a 30 lines slot with scattered pyramids and stacked wilds. Anything with jungle in its name...

[elscrabinda]

I heard they have a progressive side bet on 3 card poker. Anyone know the details of this?

[me_and_ed]

[QUOTE=Seaman63;382822]Well, I do not remember the name of slots, the best one was a 30 lines slot with scattered pyramids and stacked wilds. Anything with jungle in its name...[/QUOTE

You siad it, Jungle Wild.....Great game, I play it here in Canada in dollars, generally allows me to get ahead somewhat.