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Potawatomi Bingo Casino: Traveler Reviews


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #60 of 77 attractions in Milwaukee
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Attraction type: Casino
Address: 1721 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Tel: 800-PAYS BIG, 414-645-6888

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Potawatomi Bingo Casino

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1 of 5 stars
Katie209   1 contribution
Milwaukee
Jul 24, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

Here is the scoop on the new Potawatomi Casino, The new area is cleaner than the old one. The design is set to not give you an easy way out. you have to walk around the bar and around the tables multiple times in order to leave. Want a drink? Go back to the old side of the Casino and get your own. The new casino is woefully understaffed, so waitresses are few and far between.
We'll never really know what the slot payouts are, but my experience tells me that I would not be shocked to hear that the majority are under 75%. How low a payout do they makes those chips anyway?
Unfortunately, this is the only game in town but don't take money down there that you can't afford to lose because chances are, you will.
One last thing, while Las Vegas and many other casinos around the country are liberaling giving comps (I haven't paid for a hotel room on the Strip in years or shows or much food for that matter),at Potowatomi you have to use your points unless you are a platinum player. Even at Platinum, my friend couldn't get a comped meal after playing through $800. Go figure.
Can't wait for some competition.

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Warning ! Soon to be condemed

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wakeupkid   1 contribution
wisconsin
Jul 23, 2008
1/2 found this review helpful

What a dump this place is,right next to the stock yards and it smells just like them.Just a big smoke house with low class people along with employee's that know nothing about running a casino.The worst crap dealers I have ever came across in my life time.Customer service ? Ha! There is NONE.Slot machines are so tight you would not last 10 minutes before you go broke.I know why the workers never greet you with a smile,they have no teeth.Stay away from this place.

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Potowatomi casino in Milwaukee wisconsin sucks

Potawatomi Bingo Casino

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compcoll   1 contribution
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Sep 2, 2007
2/3 found this review helpful

This place is horrible. It is smelly and smoky. The dealers and pit bosses are rude and don't give a crap if you have a problem with their terrible service. The table games are overpriced. The minimums are overpriced. I play baccarat and had to pay 25 bucks a bet minimum. I would not recommend anybody playing at this place. Native AMerican casinos are the worst run casinos in my opinion. If you have a problem with anything here they won't do anything to straighten it out. They act like you are lucky to be playing at their casino. If you are on their land you have no rights I learned.

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Wretched excuse for a casino

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Dee'sDen   1 contribution
Wisconsin
May 11, 2007
5/8 found this review helpful

If I could, I'd hold my nose as I type this review.

Rating on the basis of slot machines only, Potawatomi casino is the smokiest, smelliest, and worst paying casino I've ever been in, with the exception of Aztar, Carruthers, Mo.

They have mostly nickel video slots and quarter and dollar reel slots. No pennies or two centers. There are banks and banks of quarter slots that sit empty because the pay scale must be about 78%.

There are far too many machines that have 30 or 40 or even 100 lines. You can run through 20 or 30 dollars without ever getting a bonus. Of course, Indian casinos are not required to publish the payouts their machines are set at. I would venture to guess that they order the absolute lowest payback the slot machine company makes.

There are always people just plopped on the stools, not playing because they have long ago run out of money, and they are probably just waiting for the bus to take them out of the casino.

When I walk past the buffet, the smell makes me imagine all those old prison movies from the '30s. Awful! And there is no alcohol allowed on the casino floor, just in the restaurants.

The people working in the cages are usually blabbing a mile a minute to each other, and you have to tell them twice what denomination bills you want in change. They are too busy blabbing to pay attention.

And the worst thing? The Potawatomi are doing their absolute best to block the construction of a casino in Kenosha. Because they know that if it opened, more than half of their captive patrons would vacate the premises, never to return.

OK, I can recommend one and only one thing about this place, and that is the sports bar (which is separately owned and operated) The food is wonderful. Try the reuben sandwich. And you might consider splitting the sandwiches. They are enormous.

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1721 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233 Tel: 800-PAYS BIG, 414-645-6888