It felt like it was as Mickey Mouse as Mickey Mouse could be. Ultimately this place felt like a complete joke. I also want to mention that there is ONLY TWO ATM machines on the property that sit outside of the casino floor. I’m not sure if I found them all as security must have been watching me and started following me so I ended up leaving. The casino had an unbelievable amount of “Out of Service” machines, so many that I started walking around the casino and taking pictures of all the machines.

Here is where the review gets real honest. I noticed that they made an effort to jam as many slots into this fairly small casino and in doing so you cannot walk in the isle if there are people playing adjacent to each other because the chairs literally nearly touch each other I usually am not too annoyed by cigarette smoke but it literally seemed as if there was a haze inside the casino from all the smoke I happened to be visiting a near by town where my folks now live and decided to go to Zia Park on a Saturday evening to see if I would run into any old classmates and do a little gambling.įirst impression: Cramped and wreaking of cigarette smoke. I’ve only been back a handful of times since graduation. I graduated from Hobbs High in 1989 and moved off. It's not your normal good-times-roll casino. Just be aware of what you are getting into. Not saying you can't have a good time here. No drinks of any kind on the casino floor (including no water). Some other oddities: Children in the bar with tons of people smoking (no rules about that). Ok, so we called a cab and went back to hotel. 'Have you had any alcohol?' Yes, we have. The attendant (yes, there are guards at the entrance to the casino) sez, 'Have you been in the restaurant? ' Yes. We order a pizza and consume three beers each over the course of 90 minutes.

We walk past the casino and into the restaurant/bar to have some dinner before gambling.

After about 20 minutes, you start to acclimate to the smell. You walk in and - OH NO - the cigarette smell is overwhelming. We took a cab from our hotel so we could enjoy the casino and some drinks. I am from Texas and was in Hobbs for two days, so I look at this place with fresh eyes.

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