I've been going to Jackpot for close to 25 years. It was on a trip here over 20 years ago that I realized each casino had their own chips. That is what started my collection of $1 Nevada chips that will hopefully hit 1,400 different chips before the end of the year.

Club 93 (Barton's) bought the Diamond Jim's building decades ago and have used it for storage ever since. Club 93 has an area with older slots machines (only uses quarters or nickels and won't accept the "new" $5 bills but will take $1 bills) that get repaired by either using parts off the broken slots in Diamond Jim's or they make the part themselves.

Sadly, the area is starting to shrink. The Horseshoe is only open on weekends now and even then, it closes by 10pm. All the tables have been taken out. At one time, they brought back two 21 tables that opened at 6pm, but those went away within a few months. The Horseshoe has never been very big (the hotel behind it is FAR bigger than the casino), but they were always holding some kind of contest to get people in the door. Now, good luck even getting inside!

Cactus Pete's is the big dog in Jackpot. Usually, the rooms are sold out on the weekends, so you could expect to pay a premium for a room. Haven't been down there in a couple of years, but last time I was there, the place just wasn't jumping like it was up to about 4 years ago.

Club 93 (Barton's) is like the stubborn neighbor who refuses to upgrade his house but digs his heels in and refuses to leave. They have roulette, 21, craps, let it ride and 3 card poker tables run by actual dealers. The hotel rooms aren't particular modern but they do the trick. The 24-hour cafe is pretty good. The buffet isn't anything to write home about, but they also don't charge you a ton for it. It's a bit like a time capsule.

Next time I take a run for the border, I'll try to take some pics and show you how the area looks in 2020.