Like most other casinos, non-alcoholic drinks were free, so instead of waiting for a server, you could go get your own. Another cool idea was having self serve fountain pops in the middle of the gaming floor. Why would you want to play there and not with a dealer. You still sat and played against other players, but there was no dealer. The first was computerized black jack and poker tables. I noticed some cool things on this trip that I didn’t notice on our first trip. I was one symbol away from a $500 payday…my heart skipped a beat for a second until that third symbol didn’t come up. I, on the other hand, put my five bucks in a quarter machine and I was done in five minutes. She played for a good half hour on that initial five bucks she put in. J put five bucks in a penny slot and at one point was up to almost $35, but cashing out and going home isn’t much fun. I’d rather play the machines that only have one or three payout lines and they’re straight across. I think it takes some of the fun out of it. I never know if I win until the screen lights up. Those machines confuse the hell out of me. My parents only play slots so that’s all I really know and J’s parents aren’t really gamblers so we went all the way to the back of the floor…which seems like a mile long….to find the penny and nickle slots. The entrance to the casino at Soaring Eagle in Mt. Hell, we even got stopped twice in Windsor. I’ve been surprised both times that we walked onto the gaming floor without talking to or being stopped by anyone. Again, at the casino’s in Illinois, if you’re under 40, they’ll take your id, put it on a scanner then make you look in to a camera so they have it on file. The thing that has surprised me both times is that there’s not really a single entrance to the gaming floor that is watched by a security guard checking ID’s. When you walk in, you almost come in right on the gaming floor. We found a spot in a lot that was a little bit of a walk from the entrance. In Illinois, all the casino’s are built around old riverboat casinos, so they don’t look anything like the Indian casino’s in Michigan. Soaring Eagle Casino is on the edge of Mt. Instead, he lost $80 in about fifteen minutes and pouted the rest of the night. He tried turning $20 into $80 so he could pay for a hotel room back in Lansing.

My parents loved it calling it one of the nicest casino’s they’ve ever been to. I had been there once before with my parents, aunt, brother, and sister-in-law. I don’t expect it when J’s parents come, but we were in Midland and needed something else to do up that way, so I suggested Soaring Eagle. When my parents come to town, I pretty much expect going to a casino. Leaving Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort in Mt.

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