I was at the River Palms last night (7/13)and ALL of the old coin drop machines were being removed...this includes the last two (.25)FPDW. Per the staff they are to be replaced with TITO machines...unknown paytables, my guess is they will be short pay machines and/or slots only. we'll see.

No longer get a food discount for "Young-at-Heart" players

There are now only two FPDW which require $6 in to get a point. It is rumored that these two are not long for this world. The 10/7 DB are history. Only four coin ploppers left in the place.

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*** MIA - *** (8) 25c/50c/$1 MG/MD 9/6 JoB bartops @ the bar in the Comedy Club.

The eight MG/MD 9/6 JOB 99.5% 25/50/1 machines at the bar in the Comedy Club have all been downgraded to 9/5. River Palms has a new high limit area upstairs near the Subway Food Outlet. In this area all JOB, BP, and DDB pay triple on 4 eights. The only *full pay* machines in this area are 4 MG/MD machines that have BP 99.2% in one and two dollar denominations only.

River Palms has 8 MG machines at the bar in its Comedy Club. All 8 machines have 25c/50c/$1 9/6 JoB. All of the other games on these machines are definitely not *full pay*.

At the River Palms, I only found 4 of the 25c NSUD and they were put "Out of Service" this morning 1/3/09 with techs working on them.

*** MIA - *** (4) 25c FPDW Game King uprights in Winner's Wharf.

I have found that the RP marketing offers operate on a daily average - not a monthly average. So if you are spreading out that $3500 to $4000 a month over multiple days, you are just diluting your "average". I usually will spend a few hours down there and put through $1,000 to $1,500. That seems to keep the free room offers coming to me.

*** MIA - *** (4) 25c 8/5/50 SA Game Kings by front door, next to rail.

Here's what I found in the last week in Laughlin. At the RP, there are 3 $.05 NSUD MG/MD Spin Poker Deluxe just outside the Poker Room and not just 1. At the nickel level, these games also have 9/7 DB and 9/6 DDB. There are $.25 9/6 DDB uprights along the wall in Winner's Wharf.

A quick update from River Palms in Laughlin. The FPDW and 10/7 DB machines that are marked "temporarily out of service" in the vpFree database are back in action. In addition, there are additional 10/7 DB 25c machines along a wall in the Winners Wharf as well, though I did not count them. Currently they are running a promotion with 3x points on Friday, Sat and Sun. Swipe card each day before playing. In addition, you get one scratch-off promo card for each 250 points per day (limit 3). Most are worth $2.

*** MIA - *** (1) 5c 9/6 JoB IGT upright near main cashier. (1) 25c 9/6 JoB (5000RF) slant-top (IGT red glass antique) in the north section by the slot club.

I was at the River Palms today. They are remodeling upstairs by the Keno, and I could not find the FPDW machines up there. I did find several FPDW machines (I believe eight) downstairs in the Winners Wharf.