Good thing I went by myself and did not pre book any hotel before I got there.
My first place in Bay St Louis which is about 30 mins closer to my house then Biloxi was lame.
The Hollywood Casino.
Walked in the door and asked where the sports book was.
Got pointed to a small corner in the back.
Had one counter with 2 clerks.
There was absolutely no place to watch the games whatsoever.
Alll they had was 2 60" tvs in a bar next to the sportsbook.
This was not going to happen so I left.
So glad my girl did not go with me and so glad I did not prebook a hotel.
That would have sucked.
I headed 30 more mins south to Biloxi and went to the Gold Nugget .
Now this was much better.
This was sat morning (yesterday) about 10:30AM 30 mins before the first kickoffs.
They had at least 50 60" tvs and the guy running it was knowledgable about what to put up on the screens.
They had every betting option that the William Hills in Vegas offers.
Between the clerks and the kiosk there was never an issue getting a bet in in time.
I was pretty much blown away at the limits.
They let one guy make a 120K bet on a college football game yesterday without blinking an eye.
They dont even need to call anyone for a bet 10k or less.
10 cent baseball lines.
The lines are slightly different from the william hills in vegas.
A guy I met had the live william hill app on his phone from when he went to vegas a few weeks ago.
We compared the lines from vegas to the ones in mississippi.
All the betting options are the same but the lines are different to reflect local action.
For instance Saints winning super bowl odds were much worse in mississippi in they were in vegas.
Raiders winning super in mississippi were much better then they were in vegas to give 2 examples.
One thing that pisses me off.
They will give someone all the free drinks in the world playing penny slots that will play with 5 bucks for hrs, but they charge someone 42$ for 6 beers that has thousands of bucks in action on football games.
Dont know why the sports book is the only place in the entire casino that does not give free drinks.
All and all it was a nice experience.
If you want to have some live action and you live closer to MS then Nevada this is a good way to go.
There are at least 6 other casinos with sports books.
I havent had the chance to try any of the others but a guy I was talking to who claims to have been to all of them says the Gold Nugget is the best of the bunch
My first place in Bay St Louis which is about 30 mins closer to my house then Biloxi was lame.
The Hollywood Casino.
Walked in the door and asked where the sports book was.
Got pointed to a small corner in the back.
Had one counter with 2 clerks.
There was absolutely no place to watch the games whatsoever.
Alll they had was 2 60" tvs in a bar next to the sportsbook.
This was not going to happen so I left.
So glad my girl did not go with me and so glad I did not prebook a hotel.
That would have sucked.
I headed 30 more mins south to Biloxi and went to the Gold Nugget .
Now this was much better.
This was sat morning (yesterday) about 10:30AM 30 mins before the first kickoffs.
They had at least 50 60" tvs and the guy running it was knowledgable about what to put up on the screens.
They had every betting option that the William Hills in Vegas offers.
Between the clerks and the kiosk there was never an issue getting a bet in in time.
I was pretty much blown away at the limits.
They let one guy make a 120K bet on a college football game yesterday without blinking an eye.
They dont even need to call anyone for a bet 10k or less.
10 cent baseball lines.
The lines are slightly different from the william hills in vegas.
A guy I met had the live william hill app on his phone from when he went to vegas a few weeks ago.
We compared the lines from vegas to the ones in mississippi.
All the betting options are the same but the lines are different to reflect local action.
For instance Saints winning super bowl odds were much worse in mississippi in they were in vegas.
Raiders winning super in mississippi were much better then they were in vegas to give 2 examples.
One thing that pisses me off.
They will give someone all the free drinks in the world playing penny slots that will play with 5 bucks for hrs, but they charge someone 42$ for 6 beers that has thousands of bucks in action on football games.
Dont know why the sports book is the only place in the entire casino that does not give free drinks.
All and all it was a nice experience.
If you want to have some live action and you live closer to MS then Nevada this is a good way to go.
There are at least 6 other casinos with sports books.
I havent had the chance to try any of the others but a guy I was talking to who claims to have been to all of them says the Gold Nugget is the best of the bunch
