I asked one of the slot floor people about this, but got a kinda jumbled answer. Pari-mutual waging taxation is in effect, so you can be registering hand pays for $600 or more or 300 x wager return. So odds stay the same across machine denomination. However in this case, denomination does not effect payback. Odds seem similar to what you get at other casinos, my return was slightly better than local casino. 10 of each dollar going toward a special pari-mutual pool for bonus or progressive payouts.Ĥ) Race results are shown in background on top of screen.ĥ) You can manually pick horses, but its a pain in the ass and unlikely you can pick selections for 10 races in 100 seconds. Wagering is class 2 games since it is technically base on pari-mutual horse races, works like this.Ģ) Pick horses for each bet or let the machine pickģ) 10 races are selected with. The main entrance is pretty nice and the place is loaded with horse racing memorabilia. A beautiful bar with horse racing on TVs, and also a little off track wagering area called the simulcast room (ha) Two counter style restaurants are available. The facility is non smoking, but they do have a smoking parlor. Your playing against other players and the outcome is based on a 10 race wager per spin. For all purposes these work like slots, but the RNG is the race selection. The gaming floor is approximately 85,000 square feet with around 900 instant racing terminals (aka slot machines) all Ainsworth class 2 gaming devices (based on historical racing) and whose outcome is based on pari-mutual pools. They demolished the old building to build a state of the art facility.

It's on the site of the old Louisville Trackside training facility or what used to be the old off track betting parlor.

If you want slots, table games, etc you have to cross the river to Caesars Horseshoe Southern Indiana approximately 30 minutes or one of the other former Indiana Riverboats.ĭerby City Gaming is located just south of downtown Louisville near the airport in an industrial park area. You have horse racing, bingo, KY lottery games, and charitable gaming. Went over this morning to check the place out.įor those that don't know, the state of Kentucky does not allow casino style gambling. Got a Facebook alert that Churchill Downs new 'instant racing' machine parlor was having their soft opening.

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