Thunderbird Casino, Oklahoma, United States

4marymark059 5:00 PM Mar 2, 2013

This casino is not owned by the Chickasaw tribe which is good
As i live in norman and the closest gaming is riverwind, or goldsby gaming it is good that the shawnee tribe has a casino within a 30 minute drive. As goldsby gaming is close i normally donate my casino budget there. As the casinos are not regulated by any state or national gaming authority and the tribes can turn on or off the servers at will with no oversight legalities i decided to try thunderbird. They have closed off some of the area, put in some new machines and it is roomy. They also have a small table gaming section and unlike the riverwind bunch they do not charge the crazy 50 cent a hand "ante" as they call it here to play so you are not renting the chair like you do at riverwind. I don't play cards at riverwind due to this add on charge which in essence you are renting a chair for 30 dollars an hour with no comps so i don't bother. Anyways when i was out there this last friday they had the servers turned on and i walked out the door with twice the amount i walked in there with and got a lot of play for my money so it was a very enjoyable experience. And as a plus they do a one percent return which is really bad in comparison to the rest of the united states but better than nothing like you get a riverwind and goldsby gaming. Good Luck and remember that if they tribes decide to turn off the servers and not pay out any bingo cards while you are playing there is no sense in chasing your losses as oklahoma is all class 2 gaming and the payback percentage is NOT regulated by law.

3mark t tracey 5:00 PM Sep 2, 2022

okay
i have been going out there since they opened with that being said i only go out once a month or so to play black jack on thursday as that is the only No-ante day, i went out a week ago they only had ONE regular black jack table open with 3 very large people playing so there was NO room for me to squeeze in. I noticed there was a wide open table which was shoe deck not my choice but i went out there to play with a dealer standing there. I inquired with the pit boss about playing and was told the dealer was in training so NO black jack for me. the other used to be good thing was if you play tables they would give you a comp for a meal at the diner which USED to be really good. Now they have cut the menu down on Thursdays to basically a burger or pizza no catfish, or other specialty items and the service has gotten to be SLOWER than dirt so hopefully they will get their act together?