Locals casino

A locals casino is a casino designed primarily to attract residents of the area in which it was built rather than tourists or vacationers. The term is most commonly associated with casinos in Nevada, USA, to distinguish them from casinos that target mostly tourists in a central area.

Locals casinos can range from locations with fewer than 15 machines such as supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations, bars or lounges with no lodging, to resorts that have hundreds of machines and hotels with hundreds of rooms. Larger locals casinos in the Las Vegas Valley include the South Point, Orleans, all of the various casinos operated by Station Casinos, Sam's Town and Green Valley Ranch Resort.

In order to attract residents to gamble, locals casinos try to differentiate themselves from tourist-oriented casinos to benefit gamblers. For example, locals casinos usually have a different mix of games or offer games not typically found in tourist-oriented casinos in the area, such as bingo. Additionally, they offer table games with lower minimum bets, as well as lower denomination slot machines and video poker.

In addition, table games rules are frequently adjusted to decrease the house advantage, and the payout percentage on slot and video poker machines is increased; locals casinos are well known for offering more full-pay video poker machines or even machines that pay more than 100%.

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