Penn National Gaming, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

Player's Club Update

Player's Club Update; Link Update

New: $1 Prog : 97.87% DDB To to the left of ATM and TITO kiosk on 3rd dec

New: (6) $5, $10 : 98.91% DW44, 98.98% DDB Game Kings to the right of ATM and TITO kiosk on 3rd deck

New: (1) $1 50 Play : 98.91% DW44, 98.98% DDB along the back wall of 3rd dec

New: (4) $1, $2 : 98.91% DW44, 98.80% BDW, 99.11% DB, 98.98% DDB Game Kings in front of ATM and TITO kiosk on 3rd deck

MIA: $1 Prog : 98.98% DDB near the cashier on the 3rd deck (RF and all Quads)

MIA: (2) $1 50 Play : 99.54% JoB near the cashier on the 3rd deck

New owner... According to this press release and many news articles:

>99% poker available for only dollars or higher. However, 98.01% BP is available on 100-play penny machines with no minimum bet. Also 98.01% w/Double Super Times Pay is available for 10c, 25c, or 50c.

I went but did not do a thorough check of all machines. The area that has the $1 9/6 DDB progressives also now has two 50L with 9/6 JB available at the $1 level. The odd thing about these machines is that the buttons to choose 10 lines, 15 lines, 25 lines, etc., is not available on these machines; so, you have to hit "play one line" over and over again everytime you want to change the number of lines you are playing.

I spoke to a host who said that Ameristar installed many new video poker games but knew nothing about pay schedules. She said VP is $8 per point and 600 points = $5. This is about .1% cb. She said that top tier players will get x2 or x3 point days every week.

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Coin-in to earn tier credits appears to have been increased once again. This number has never been static since the new system was rolled out in July of 2006, but seemed to hover at somewhere around $75 per credit; at that rate, it took just over $500,000 of coin-in to earn Ultra (the top tier card) every six months. On this visit, tier credits were earned at a rate of $289 per credit - which now means that gaining Ultra status will require an astounding $2.3 MILLION dollars of coin-in every six months! The (2) $5 MG 8/5 BP uprights on 3rd deck in high-limit Room against the wall are MIA.