river bar has $1 15/9 DW44/pNSU PROG. Currently at about $6000

I played two sessions on the JoB progressive triple play at the River bar. Comparing starting to ending account comp total, I earned comps at the rate of .16%. I played only 1 of the 3 machines on the progressive.

There are three 9/5 Jacks triple play progressive bartops (25c) with individual meters at the very long river bar.

All video poker has been downgraded at both the Edgewater and the Belle. I could not find any game above 99%, no matter the denomination.

In addition to the 9/6 JOB at the O'Aces bar many of the machines at the River Bar also have $1 JOB. Also, a couple of the machine downstairs at the sports bar have JOB.

The 4 MG slant tops near the escalator have had their paytables for Bonus Poker downgraded to 7 & 5 for the 25 cent level (both 3 & 5 hand games).

Just arrived for my weekly stay yesterday. Sooooo disappointing. I can only speak of BP because that's what I play, but both properties have reduced the fullhouse paybacks of this game on all of their slant top machines from 8/1 to 6/1. Yesterday a few uprights were paying 8/1 at the Belle but those machines are now "out of order" as of today and I fear they're next to be reduced to 6/1. As far as I know it's only the bartops still paying 8/1.

Bonus poker 8/5 has been reduced to 6/5 for quarter and fifty cent denominations. The only exception is the quarter progressive machines at the end of the River Bar which are 7/5. Bonus poker for dollars remains 8/5.

1) Missing in action - Triple Double Bonus machines near the escalator in the middle of the casino are gone. Missing in action - Loose Deuces machines in a bank by southwest entrance are gone. 2) Double Double Bonus 6-9 machines have all been downgraded to 5-9 or worse for all denominations. Double Bonus 7-9 machines have been downgraded to 6-9 or worse for quarters and fifty cent denominations. Double Bonus 7-9 for dollars still remain. They are scattered through out the casinos and they are on all the River Bar and O'Aces Bar machines. 3) A-C-E-S Bonus machines have all been downgraded to 5-7 or worse. Full Pay Jacks or Better 6-9 99.54% for dollar denomination only can be found on the 18 O'Aces Bar machines. Lower denominations are 5-9 or worse.

Regarding 8 FPVP at CB & EW: I asked a floor person at the Colorado Belle if the missing machines had been moved to another location in the casino. She told me that the *bosses told us to take them off the floor for good". When I asked at the Edgewater, none of the floor people knew anything about them.

They changed a few games around. One of the two banks (2x4) slant-tops got upgraded from nickel,dime,quarter to .50,$1,$2 and they changed them from Bonus to Bonus ACE$ 8/5 (99.4%). This is over by the O'Aces bar. They moved 8 uprights over there too that used to be across from the sportsbook that have the lower denom Bonus.

Effective today $6 of play (formally it was $300) will get you one point on your access card at both the Edgewater and Colorado Belle on the full pay machines. With 500 points needed to get $1 in cashback this works out to .033%. I'm just so excited! Comp accrual rate remains at two cents per $100 of play. What a place to diet! All this said I very much enjoy playing at both properties. The slant tops are very nice and comfortable to play and a few thousand of play per month gets some free nights, a bit of free play and an occasional other perk or two.

NON-full pay coin-in has also changed in the last week or so - now set to $2 coin-in per point (500 points = $1 cashback = .10%) at both the Colorado Belle and Edgewater.

The Edgewater Joker Poker now has the RF set for 4700 coins. This makes the ER = 101.00%. The full pay machines at Colorado Belle still had Joker Poker with a 4000 RF.

There are (12) 50c/$1/$2 9/7 TDB slant-tops near the escalator in the middle of the casino.