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Slots A Fun
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2880 Las Vegas Blvd SLas Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 734-0410
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58 reviews for Slots A Fun
We saw this place on the Travel Channel. So we decided to check it out.
If you want a break from the expensive casinos this place is it.
$1 foot-long hot dogs, $1 beers, $2 blackjack and roulette.
Slots A Fun. An excellent low rollers paradise!
We were in Vegas for my bachelor party over the weekend staying at the Riviera. Right across the street is this little gem. If low limits are your thing, then this is the place to be.
They use to be one of, if not the only, place on the strip that would still give actual coins when you would win. They have now changed that to the ticket system which is nice. It always use to smell like barf too. That has changed also. They basically redid the whole place and now its much much nicer.
2 dollar Heineken and Coors Lights at the bar. $1.00 minimum bet at the virtual blackjack table. Lots of penny slots. We spent most of our time here and had alot of fun. Didnt lose too much money and got drunk as a skunk in the process. Overall a fun place to chill if you have a large group of guys who like to drink and gamble a bit.
If anyone reads my reviews then they know that I am a huge fan of good dive bars.
While vacationing in Vegas this weekend one of our travel partners recomends Slots of fun. This place is right next to Circus Circus so it must be a dive bar. I walk in and feel the stickiness of the old and nasty carpets. The place smells of cigarretes and booze. I order a beer and a daqarui for my finace and the price is 4 bucks total!!! Jackpot! This place is the ultimate dive casino!!
Lost among the giant ultra glam resorts you have this tiny casino that looks like some sort of reject bastard casino from Vegas's past. This spot seems to be popular spot once the party is over. Leaving Tryst or any other spot at 5am and they you just end up a slots o fun for some ultra cheap gambling and some cheaper booze.. 2 dollar black jack and 25 cent slot machine makes for some great fun when you are downing cheap booze.
Like any dive establishment the crowd is a mixture of old people just passing time and the younger crowd who is simply looking for a pit stop after a hard nights partying... Thumbs up!
Who needs a dealer that speaks English when everything is so cheap? This place can be a blast if you go with a big enough group.
Like the economy, Slots A Fun has fallen on hard times.
-There is no longer any $1 table.
-The waitresses who used to come around for drink orders every 25 min or so, now only come by every 45 min.
-You can no longer order Corona.
-The $3 dollar tables are always full...full of people that stay there forever...leave their chips there even if they are taking a long cigarette break...people who hog 2 seats.
-It's still dirty and stinks, which used to be acceptable.
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10/27/2008
What kind of mystery meat do they put in these wrinkly giant hot dogs? Actually, I don't want to… Read more »
Clearly, I have psychic ability .
Slots A Fun is now Slots a Fun at Circus Circus.
Just how in the hell do they think this will make it better, I wonder.
If only I could use this psychic gift to reincarnate my stock portfolio.
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10/29/2008
What the hell is this place - the Circus Circus Annex?
There was literally not one thing in this… Read more »
Review #200!!!
Go once before they blow it up. Make it quick. I had a blast here one night with a friend. We were a bit intoxicated and playing that "wedges ledges" game. Do you know what I am talking about? The game where you try to get the coins to drop off of the end and into your bucket. Anyway, it was the most entertaining loss of $12 I have ever enjoyed.
This used to be where all the dead heads would hang out when shows were in town. The bartenders still talk about it, and were playing some Jerry Garcia tunes while I was there. Don't eat anything here and wash your hands when you leave.
Yes they have changed it to Slots of Fun at Circus Circus. Yes they have a hot dog deal that probably can't be beat unless you get REALLY SICK! Caveat----it is still the old seedy Slots of Fun that it has always been and my advise is to STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!
All hype. I love the dirt, I love people-watching, I love bargains and love to drink. I therefore declare shenanigans.
$3.00 Heinekens, no $1.50 beers. All the tables where $5.00 - even on weekdays.
The Hot Dog gave me some of most ridiculous gas I have had since I was 12. It provided me hours of entertainment with "crop-dusting". The Hot Dog was Food City quality and was really gross.
This place is dirty, I mean grimy. I am not a germaphobe - but I did pick up some hand sanitizer alcohol after leaving here.
It smells, I mean really bad. I could not order any of the other food because of the stench in those areas.
Just go to Freemont for the fun and dirt instead of reading the overinflated reviews of tourists who want to write witty reviews of how they "slummed it" here and survived.
Utter Disappointment! I really went to this place with the highest of hopes after reading some of the great yelp reviews. "hills have eyes of casinos" and "burn victims". I was so excited to see it. Unfortunately, there was nothing of the sort on the Saturday night I went. Osheas made Slots a fun look like the Wynn! I didn't even see one guy sucking down a cancer stick while wheeling his oxygen tank around.
Also, there wasn't a game to be had for under $5. That is how it is every weekend. Contrary to how advertised, craps and blackjack are no less than $5 on weekends.
I'm sticking to the western with $3 blackjack, "free" root beer floats and karaoke Saturdays.
"Tearidup!"
Yes this is a Vegas rathole. If you eat here, you have only yourself to blame. But hold on....
These are some of the cheapest tables on the strip. Single deck blackjack, none of those stupid reshuffling machines, and a great place for card counters. You'll see card counters jumping in with everything they got onto a table at the right moment, and walk away with their loot. They can't afford Guido here.
You're missing out on the real Vegas if you don't play a few hands at Slots A Fun. It should be a traditional stop on your Strip tour.
DON'T fall for the gigantic yet cheap margarita! I didn't expect a strong drink, but it was straight up sour mix. Insane amount of acidity, burning throat and stomach, ouch...pretty much ruined the first day of my vacation.
Oh, and it smells like raw sewage in there. I generally like divey places. Slots a Fun is just plain gross.
If your not scared of crackheads and meth monsters this is the place to go in Vegas!
They have amazing hot dogs for a couple of bucks, cheap gambling, giant margaritas. I'm so glad the front is open and dont have doors as it allows the odors an easy escape! If your lucky and get to sit on the picnic table out front - you'll probably have at least one or two homeless people eyeing your giant hotdog and if you leave it on the table when your done - it will be eaten!
This is a sleazy place but oh how I love SLOTS OF FUN!!
A broke college student's dream.
seriously though $20 can go a long time here.
99 cent hot dogs, $1.25 miller lite, $2 henikens, $8 magaritas (the same yard cups that cost double at other places), $3 blackjack.
Slots A Fun is the exact opposite of its glitzy Strip casinos. its small and grungy, and the crowd isn't exactly glamorous (almost creepy), but if you're looking for some cheap fun. you'll find it here.
Dear Sirs and Madams that run Slots A Fun,
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE 21ST CENTURY please. So we go in there, get the hot dog special, it's a decent dog, let me tell you! (that's why I gave this joint 2 stars instead of 1) Then we proceed to the roulette table. There's an open spot at the roulette table, so my wife sits down. This dude comes by her and is rude and says "I'm sitting here." I was going to kick this guy's ass, but she wisely steered me away. So then we go play slots. I look for the button to print the ticket out, there's no damn ticket. They pay you in coins. So we're lugging like $35 in nickels around the casino.
And the casino literally smells like vomit.
Thank you.
I like hanging out at Slots A Fun for all the blemishes that make other people hate it. Slots A Fun is the Hills Have Eyes of Vegas casinos. I literally saw a man covered in third degree burns, wearing a dirty trench coat, with what had to be a prostitute on his arm. Gigantic pigeons crowd the entrance pick pocketing drunks and waiting for tourists to drop food. The 99 cent hotdog is edible but couldn't possibly be "food". The texture and taste was like a hotdog shaped sponge that had been floating around in hotdog water. My friend did not carry the 99 cent hotdog to full term and performed the big spit into a trashcan. Beer costs something ridiculously cheap like $1.50. This is trailer park gambling and it is entertaining as hell.
Go for the cheap gambling, cheap beer and the free freak show. I've been three times, on three visits, and will eventually go back for a fourth.
This place is sketch as hell and I love it!
Slots o fun is the best place for gambling on the strip! Theye have really chaep blackjack ($2-3$) and the slots are pretty loose. It's more than possible to spend an hour here on 20 bucks. Be advised it's not for the faint of heart. There is quite a crowd here ranging from the few 20 something college kids who heard of this place from their parents to the an older crowd in town for conventions to dirties. Beer is really cheap, always a loud good time. Recommended if you're on a budget or just think $20 black hands are silly.
I think Circus Circus runs this place to handle the overflow from would be guests who can't pass the Circus Circus entrance exam or something. After all, they must have "some" standards at Circus Circus. Quite a strange crowd to be found under its roof.
I can brave it for the cheap beers and easy in, easy out, which earns it two stars. Not much else of interest here to me.
ok, let's all agree, the place is a dive, it's a favourite hangout for vagrants at 2am, and you don't want to touch the food or drink. BUT - $2 dollar craps, and $1 blackjack (was $3 at the table though) allows me to play aggressively at craps and blackjack when the rest of the strip is at $10 min bets on all games, with rare $5 min blackjack tables.
The dealers were friendly and fun, the crowd obviously less well heeled but more aggressive and fun than higher end strip casino's.
I played craps and blackjack with a starting stake of $200, and after four hours I was down $10... thanks to the low min bets. You can afford to press odds on craps and play properly without a stake in the thousands of dollars.
Here's my "Slots A Fun" story.
Flew to Vegas on Monday and burned through over half of my funds in the first 24 hours of my 48 hour visit. Not acceptable. Need a break. I couldn't find any bank ATMs, so I took the Deuce from downtown to the nearest Wells Fargo branch (between Fremont and the Strat - kind of a crappy area).
After walking through the drive-through ATM, I was standing by the Deuce stop and sweating profusely. Crap. It's hot. The passersby are staring at me. I resolved to get on the next Deuce, no matter which way it was going.
A bus arrived heading towards the Strip. I hopped in for the ride. I remembered that a friend had recommended Slots A Fun and their (in)famous 99 cent hot dog. He said they were nasty. What the hell, my day couldn't get much worse.
I sauntered in about 1:00 P.M. and grabbed a $2 Heineken. Stood in line for the snouts. Made the tactical error of adding chili to my hot dog (see picture). Just nasty. Tasted like Hormel chili and bologna mixed together. Ugh.
Why three stars?
The place is dumpy and grimy, but everyone seemed to be having a good time.
The hot dog with chili was rude, but my gambling luck improved dramatically after eating said hot dog.
Thanks A Lot, Slots A Fun! Perhaps I shall return some day when I am down on my luck.
5 stars to the giant $1 1/2lb hot dog and the $1.25 slushy margarita!
I thought the famous Costco buck fifty polish-sausage with a 20oz fountain drink was a bargain...boy was I wrong! Try getting a giant 1/2lb hot dog for only a dollar! And it wasn't bad tasting at all. I know, I was a little sketch to try it at first. I mean, a 1/2lb hot dog for $1!?! It only made me think what kind of left over animal scraps could possibly be in this hot dog. But to my surprise, this 1/2lb hot dog, topped with onions and relish, splattered with ketchup and mustard, in which I shared, held my stomach down until our buffet dinner. Heck, if you want another bargain, wash it down with the $1.25 margarita or pina colada.
POSITIVE
awesome!
coin machines
coin buckets
$3 blackjack
$3 craps
really bad cheap vegas food
the Duece stops at the front door
NEGATIVE
owned by Circus Circus
WILL I RETURN?
damn right
You just cant help but pop in when youre in front of this place. Its just plain ol fun ready to hit you in the face! Cozied up to the bar next to Subway and played some video poker and enjoyed a dark Dos XXs. The machine was acting up so the barkeep hustled somebody over to fix it and I was in business trying to make my fortune again!
I played on 20 for a good hour and had a good time. This is just a small place for slots and cheap beers or those tall ass margaritas in plastic half yards! Spend some time, get a buzz and move on!
Slots-A-Fun has very strange odor. A mixture of cigarettes, hot dogs, pizza, B.O., and industial strength cleaner (the kind they use in the "adult" bookstores). I took a couple friends through here on the obligatory ten minute tour. Enough time to buy a couple beers, lose $3 in a slot machine (at least I got a quarter back!!! A real quarter-not a coupon-the only reason this place gets 2 stars!) and cruise by the $1 roulette table. I was hoping to teach my table game-wary friend how to play a simple game of roulette, but the proliferation of Lil' John and Ludacris wannabes hovering nearby scared her away. YEEEEAAAAH! Oh well- I never do well at those low limit tables anyway. I played craps here once and dealers were extemely rude. I wonder why this place, and circus circus,still exist when everything else nearby has been imploded.
The first thing is the name. It's not Slots O' Fun or Slots OF Fun, but Slots A Fun. What's that all about?
Second, many casinos on The Strip brag about their food offerings. At Slots A Fun, it's Subway Sandwiches and Noble Roman's Pizza. This place doesn't smell like money, it smells like yesterday's Ragu.
But you're not here for the food, you're here for the penny slots. That's right. Though they've cropped up everywhere, this is the home of the penny slots. Think about it. If you're playing penny slots, your goal is not to win money, it's just to lose money less quickly. Players at Slots A Fun are pre-defeated.
Or just cheap. After all, the casino also advertises $1 table games, $1 and $2 craps, and 50 cent roulette. You're welcomed to Slots by the Big Sand Creek slot machine, which may be the biggest slot in town. (I could make a sexist comment here, but I won't.) It stands over 6 feet tall and fills the doorway, so that strangers can watch you lose from across the street. Next to Big Sand Creek is an open air craps table, designed, I suppose, to lure in the sucker which is born every minute.
In the men's room, I saw this sign posted next to a bin by the sinks: "Please place needles or other sharp objects in this container." Draw your own conclusions.
For some reason I like this place and I always stop here while in Vegas. Could be the $1 drafts during happy hour. It makes gambling seem like a game, unserious, no fronts, a table or board game as it should be, rather then a fleecing serious matter. Well, fun. Slots A Fun.
ive been to vegas many times with my family as an underage kid who sat in the backseat of the rental car, looking out of the window at the flashy casino signs, gimmicky decorations and oversized replications of worldly places-- i cant help but to remember one thing-- the giant sign above slots a fun, advertising a giant hot dog :]
so last year i finally turned twenty one, with a goal in my mind-- im going to get a giant hot dog. sure i gambled, drank alcohol like there was no such thing as a hang over, but i also found my way walking down las vegas blvd in freezing cold weather (it was january) without a jacket, just to get the frankfurter of my dreams.
after two hours of walking from mandalay bay to slots a fun, i thought for sure we were going to give up or else there was a good possibility we might turn into the donner party and eat each other, but we made it with all of our limbs intact :]
we ordered our dogs, sat at the counter and ate them in silence amidst the loud casino, feeling fat and accomplished all at the same time.
i even bought a hot dog for my little yorkie waiting for us back at the hotel-- but sadly, i dropped it on the ramp going to caesar's palace. it was a sad, sad night.
but honestly, my puppy wasnt missing anything. the hot dogs werent that huge, but maybe thats because im used to my dodger dogs back home :]
Believe me, sometimes there's nothing you want more than to escape the pristine sparkle of the mega-resort and sit down somewhere a little grittier and play some low-stakes games.
I really enjoy playing 21. Really, really, a lot. But I live here, and the $5 minimum is sometimes just too much. Slots A Fun gives you cheap gambling, period. More bang for your buck, and that's all I'm looking for.
It's rough and tumble here and that's just the way I like it.
Cute little gambling area. Kind of dirty, but what else can you expect from a tiny "casino".
Slots of fun has the reputation for being a fun place....it was not fun at all. $.99 hots dogs did not sit well in my stomach, the pina colada almost ended my life, and to top it off i lost money in the slots machine. Thanks for the fun...slots of fun
This place smells like dirty feet. The people hanging out in here look like they have dirty feet. Ghetto as fuck!!!! Avoid like the plague.
A Hole...yes.
Cheap...yes.
Fun...you bet!
We went immediately following a meal at the Peppermill, otherwise I was planning on ordering a half-pound hot dog for a buck and a half...I was disheartened to learn that only a year ago, the half-pound dog was only 99 cents. How times have changed.
Anyway, the table minimums are cheap, the drink service was pretty good...and it smells kinda like the way you want Vegas to smell.
If you're into things smelling like soot.
Which, apparently...I am.
It was good, cheap fun...and it got me warmed up for the REAL money-losing I was to do later that day.
Yes this place is small, with the stench of stale beer and the sights of old people and crackheads, its a wonder this place has been here for so long. What attracts me to this place is their .99 cent jumbo hot dog. Uhm yea it's pretty huge. Great place to also people watch. The gaming is fairly inexpensive. But it's not like getting points for the Wynn for your player's club card.
I can't give it a bunch of stars. Because based on how I'm rating things. It's the nostalgia which is great - yet downfall. In reality I'd give it 3.5 stars - There's nothing but you can really do here other than gaming - people watching, and eating big hot dogs...
Im not ashamed to say it....I love this place. Yeah its a dive , everything around it is seeing the wrecking ball, BUT it's cheap booze,cheap gambling,cheap food and cheap women. $2 beers on the STRIP, a cab line next door so no wait to get away, Circus Circus has cheap rooms for when you need to pass out.
Didn't touch--or even look at-- the hot dog, since, well, I hate hot dogs altogether, and I didn't sample their margarita, as I have a rule about not drinking on an empty stomach (seeing as how I barely ate at all during my three day stay in Sin City). No matter what time of day, their craps tables were always packed as were roulette and blackjack, probably in part to the .50 and $1 minimums respectively. All reel machines paid coins, so grab a bucket (but you probably won't need one, as most of the machines here were very tight). Literally 20 steps south of Circus Circus, it's worth a gander.
Here you will def run in to a much different crowd than you would find at Bellagio or Wynn.
$2 crap table, $1 roulette, and more are dirt cheap for being just a couple of blocks down from the Wynn, which puts this place right next door to Circus Circus (another good deal for over night stay in Vegas).
Here you will also find the 99 cent - 1/2 pound hot dog, which was delish according to my boyfriend. They also offer Shrimp cocktail for same price and also there is a Subway on premise.
Shady, dirty, dark, and stinky. On the plus side, they do have cheap tables. But despite all that, you come here for that $1 monster of a hot dog. Five stars for inspiring margarita-drunk ladies to pose promiscuously with this delicacy.
99cent Heineken's and coronas and they let you buy 6 at a time, 99 cent hot dogs? what else do you want? Playing here is fun, hence the name. but you will most likely put all your winnings back if you don't leave when up. all in all the best place to get lost for a few hours if you don't want to be found.
Ok, well I didnt go here to play slots or cheap table games. I happened to be nearby and hungry. I started to recall the Yelp reviews about the cheap hot dogs that are available and figured, what the hell. So I go inside and there is the snack area that sells the hot dogs right next to the Subway. Huge line at Subway and nobody at the snack bar. I think "Hmm, surely these people do not know about these glorious hot dogs. What a pity!". Most likely they were looking at me and thinking, "Look at that idiot standing alone at THAT place. Does he believe EVERYTHING he reads? What a pity!". So I order the hot dog and make it the combo. It says you get a hot dog, a bag of chips, and a 20 oz soda for $3.99. I think thats what it cost at least. I'm trying to erase the whole episode from my mind so I may be off a little on the price. The soda you get is actually a lot larger than 20 oz though. Anyways, on to the hot dog. Why did I even take a bite of this mystery meat concoction? First off it was cold. I should of just threw it away and chalked it up to another Vegas gamble that didnt pay off. But no I'm too damn stubborn. Took a bite and almost vomited. Got up to throw it away. Even that was an ordeal. Having to maneuver through a maze of rats with wings...errr pigeons....must be part of the ambience that people seem to like about this place. I will be back to do some gambling I am sure. I WONT be back to do further damage to my intestines though.
what a dumpy place. The slot machines pay out in real nickels. Cashing out $20 takes about 5 minutes and scooping the change into the cup turns your hands black. The card tables near the entrance blows the cards up sometimes. The only plus is the cheap hot dogs and the cheap craps minimum. It's far off the strip and not worth the hike.
