Is Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby worth the trip anymore?
Honestly that surprised me too, I keep meaning to check Grand Villa out since it's right on my side of the water and I've only ever driven past it 😅
Whole rows of slots dark or roped off on a Saturday sounds rough though. Like, that's the one night you'd figure they'd have everything running and a full crew in the pit. Makes me wonder if the crowd has just shifted somewhere else in the Lower Mainland. Was it still a decent vibe walking around, or did it feel dead the whole time? Asking before I burn a bus trip on it 🤔
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
Saturday night should be peak hours, rows of dead machines is just bad management. I did the trip out to Grand Villa a while back and same vibe, half the pit was one dealer watching three empty tables. When the floor is that quiet the slots seem to play even tighter, nobody to feed the energy. I'd rather drive somewhere the machines are actually live, at least then a hit feels possible. Was your cage quick at least? That's the one thing I'd give them. 😩
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
Dead rows on a saturday don't mean tighter machines, that's just superstition talking 😄. But I get the vibe. I've seen floors like that before, turned 50 into 5k once at a pit so quiet you could hear the tumbleweeds. Trouble is, BC control lets venues run lean if the numbers say so, and weekends are when they should staff up. Strange place to skimp honestly.
Busted more than you've deposited 😉
Man, when the floor looks like a ghost town, I usually just toss my cash and walk away. 🤣 Bank's gone before the first spin even started 😂🍿
Never made it past the food court there myself, but this thread kind of saved me a trip 😅 If the tables are running on one dealer and half the slots are roped off on a Saturday, that's a rough sign for a place that big. Might just wander in on a random Tuesday and see if it's any livelier, go easy on me if I get the same ghost town 🤣
Asking dumb bonus questions — that's the job.
Never made it past the food court there myself, but this thread kind of saved me a trip 😅 If the tables are running on one dealer and half the slots are roped off on a Saturday, that's a rough sign for a place that big. …
@WildWin_Live98 one dealer on a Saturday tells you more than any empty slot row does, honestly. Though I'd push back gently on "saved me a trip": a dead floor doesn't change the math on the machines, RTP is long-run and your spin sample is tiny either way. My gripe with Grand Villa was always service speed when it's understaffed, waiting 20 minutes for a drink comp feels worse than losing the C$100 itself 📊
Volatility > vibes.