Played here a few times but mainly stuck to live Poker. I checked out the Video Poker for my standard game, which is 9/6 Jacks or Better. The best version of this game pays 9 times for the Full House and 6 times for the Flush. I could not find anything that paid even close to this at Chumash.

The absolute best version was in the High Limit section and that was a $5/$10/$20 machine. Want to guess what the payout was? For the Full House it only paid 7 times and for the Flush it only paid 5 times. That is horrible !!! I could even go to a Harrah's property and expect to get a better version on a $5 machine.

So that is why I stuck to the Live game. I looked at the slots and there were a broad variety, but they didn't seem to be very loose based upon the faces of the people playing them and the lack of happy noises that usually goes with people winning.

I would go to the casino more often, but it is too smokey. And the no smoking room is too small, and the slot machines there are not as interesting and are not changed as often as on the ground floor. Only 30% of people are still smoking, we non-smokers are getting short changed. This is a frequent complaint among the nonsmoking gamblers. When I go to the casino, I get there on a weekday, preferably on Wednesday around 7 a.m. and leave before 10 a.m. and my clothes still smell of smoke.

Excellent Buffet - good and plenty. i rate it equal to Vegas. Was lucky on slots - about 1 out of 3 visits.

Clean and noisy like most casinos. Personnel very friendly. Free non-alcoholic drinks served. Recommend it - beautiful interior facade.