Aspers 'Super Casino' Stratford

[zinger549]

just been on aspers terms and conditions page on their web site but cant seem to find the rules on membership and cashing in on big wins.....

but was advised by aspers staff to get membership as this could effect a big payout....so we was told ....

anyhow....we had a good time......oh just forgot....me and me pal went walk-abouts to sus the place we wandered over to the poker tables at that point the dealers nearest to us suddenly slammed his hands on the card deck and gave us a strong look...

i take it that we shouldnt of gone there.....lol talk about make you feel unwelcome

I think with the poker you have to book in to a session at the desk. I've never had a win over £500 so don't know about the membership for cashing in.

 

[mrshyguy]

when i joined aspers i didnt need to give any DNA...lol

i must dmit ive never won more then 500 pounds at aspers either......but theres always a 1st time

prefer on-line slots had my biggest win on-line compared to any fobt

 

[GaryO]

I was told that if your winnings were over £1500 you needed ID. They have never said you need to be a member to collect larger winnings.

That's standard in the UK for Anti Money Laundering protection, any casino in UK will ask you to be a member and / or for ID if you win £1500 or more. Similarly if you want to buy more than £1500 in chips.

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[zinger549]

Popped in last night. They have added some new games to the machines which is good. Still no WMS though. They also had 6 .

 

[JackTenOff]

Have aspers got their alcohol license back yet?

 

[zinger549]

Yes I think so. I'm sure I saw a few people drinking beer last night

 

[zinger549]

They have added 6 new machines in (Double hit by Ainsworth). Tried them out and they were nice and and I won some money. They have progressives on them aswell. They have also added some new games to some of the Admiral machines by the sky bar.

 

[Kalel]

Do they have any video poker machines?

 

[zinger549]

I don't think so. The only games I have seen on the machines is Roulette,Blackjack and Baccarat(Punto Banco). They have a large Poker room at the back though.

 

[interlog]

Anybody been recently?

Going for a Christmas party to this casino some time in December. Do they have any WMS slots?

Also, are the slots at these land based casinos set at a different RTP to the online slots?

 

[The Blue Anchor]

No WMS. Primarily Novomatic. Quite a few IGT and some other smaller brands.

RTP is shown on some of the Novomatics- generally seems to be 95/96%.

 

[interlog]

Thanks for that super fast reply.

How about drink prices? Are we talking local pub prices?

All of the answers will enable me to better judge how much money to take.

 

[Nicola]

Haven't been to the casino at Stratford recently, will take a look when I go Christmas shopping next month to see whats changed since my last visit.

TBH, I have found a better casino 40 minutes from my house with nearly 700 machines WMS, Konami and Aristocrat plus €3.5m progressives. The joys of easyjet

 

[zinger549]

They have some WMS games on the £500 machines. The games seem to have been changed a bit so not the same as the proper slot versions. Drinks prices are not to bad £3.50-£4 a pint I think. They sent me some vouchers for free parking with my Xtra card which is nice. Unfortunately I don't think any London casino has proper WMS slots.

 

[interlog]

Some feedback on the casino.

I was lucky enough to come out ahead for the night by £150 so that was a positive.

There were plenty of machines to play on with plenty of tables too. The atmosphere was good and it was very busy last Thursday night when I went.

However, drink prices were very high. £5.50 for bottle of Budweiser as an example

Will be very likely returning but refrain from their drinks offer in the future

 

[hoff1985]

Puuh only 150 machines?? We have a casino in Zurich with roughly 350+ slots... Nova Gorica is great, 1000+ slots, going there next month!

Craziest casino i have ever visited though was on my US trip in Oklahoma. "Winstar World". 8500 slots, and every big slot machine you could dream off. It's a slot players paradise!

Here is the answer to your question directly from the UK Gambling Commission website:

"Land-based casinos are entitled to provide a certain number of gaming machines depending on the type of operating licence they hold. Large casino (machine/table ratio of 5-1 up to maximum) are limited to Maximum of 150 machines. Small casinos (machine/table ratio of 2-1 up to maximum) Maximum of 80 machines"

The Aspers qualifys as a "large casino" and therefor can place up to 150 machines on its premises.

By the way, it is a relatively small number comparing with other European casinos. For example, off the top of my head, the Perla casino in Nova Gorica has over 1,200 slots, Casino Loutraki has over 1,000 slots. But there are many more example of casinos with over 150 slots.

Avi Fichtner
Europe Casino Guide

 

[interlog]

Had another session at the casino last night. Walked out £300 better off. Also found out that it is cheaper to buy pints of lager rather than the expensive bottles bought before Christmas.

In terms of machines, I didn't see any changes.

And it was rather busy again. Didn't have to queue for machines though but there weren't many spare seats.

 

[zinger549]

They never really change the machines. They did have some new ones a few months ago but they were removed. They have added new games to the current machines which is good.

 

[zinger549]

Had a visit to Westfield this week. Popped in to Aspers and they have added some new IGT machines (party Mainia).

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[Nicola]

Aspers was packed last night (must be the ICE effect) and had a really good atmosphere - almost reminded me of Vegas

Plenty of familiar faces from the Twich were there, CasinoTwicher, Miss Blackwood etc winning big

Like the majority of UK land-based casinos, nearly everything is Novomatic now. Was nice to play some of the newer IGT games also.

 

[sledge13]

Anyone been to the new one in Leeds, looks awesome...

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[Webzcas]

Anyone been to the new one in Leeds, looks awesome...

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Forum Member @TomGalanis has. Went to the opening night I believe.

 

[tomgalanis]

Hi guys - sorry, just been pointed to this. I can confirm that Victoria Gate looks great from my perspective. From a player's point of view, obviously a wide range of Novomatic and IGT machines on the floor - including a bunch of Party O Mania multi-game terminals which ensure you can pretty much get on your game of choice whenever you want. It was also good to see some WMS games on the floor too, although Spartacus wasn't particularly kind to me this time around.

I also had the surreal pleasure of peeling off the plastic stickers on the Wolf Run slot (my all time favourite) - should have realised that playing the game first wouldn't give me a great deal of luck!

Got to say Victoria Gate is a massive step up from Resorts World Birmingham. Not only is it in a central location that you'd actually want to go to (ok it's Leeds, but...). The layout is well considered... clearly it doesn't have the rich heritage or as much of a fun factor that the Hippodrome has, but the number of slot machines on the floor more than make up for that.