I've been going to Meadows since it was in the tent...Back then you could get a few hits and play for a while with your money. Now they take your money with about a 20% payback. I'm not sure how they are managing to keep those machines so tight but someone from PA gaming should be doing a check on them. Everyone you sit next to is so disgusted with the slots. Table games are OK and staff folks on them are very friendly and helpful but we've made the rounds to the other casinos in the area and they are definitely the worst for slots....WVa casinos are much better...Bye, Meadows.

Forget it when they give out a gift for players. Went today and stood over an hour and half to get a jacket! Only 4 hours into the promo and they were out of our size. Many time have gone before it ends and they are out of it and they give you $10. They can take your money but don't want to give you comps. Players club only has snacks and only open til 10pm. Hello, there are people there after that and the cookies, chips and nuts they put out should be there all of the time. Thinking of going to the Rivers.

Slots are worse than ever. The slots take money at an alarming rate with no payout. A $100 bill can literally be gone in 10 minutes playing at lowest amount. I have not walked out with payout in my pocket since early in 2011. I've stopped going there and am trying out Casinos in the area. I have not seen someone win a hand payout in over a year. Tried going all different times and days with no luck. Also, there is a noticeable decrease in crowds. Gee, can't figure out why. Casino clean and food decent, slots stink.

I must start off saying that I did not play the slots at the Meadows. I always go with my gut and my gut told me that the slots were not paying off. Also, I saw a lot of disappointed slot players and didn't hear a lot of winning bells, sirens, and horns from the slots.
Played Blackjack along with Mini Baccarat and enjoyed them both. The dealers were pleasant, especially at the Baccarat table where I spent the majority of my time. Kudos to Meadows for having $10 tables for Baccarat, which seems to be unusual for non-Vegas casinos.
My father enjoyed the casino as it appeared to have a more mature crowd and atmosphere. Being younger, it wasn't my ideal atmosphere but I had no complaints and I definitely have been in worse casinos (can you say Presque Isle).
Food selection was good in my opinion. I really haven't seen any benefits to their Player's Club, especially since I didn’t' play slots.
Overall, I liked the Meadows and would go back. I'm not sure if it's the ideal place for slots, but, for table games it’s better than most of the casinos in PA and WV

In the past 5 weeks I have visited 6 times. Each and every time they have done nothing but take at an alarming rate. What really ticked me off is I would play a max bet on a penny machine to the tune of 100 dollars the moment I played minimum bet the machine would hit the bonus. They cannot say this is random since it happened 6 times in a row. WAKE UP GAMING COMMISSION. this is no longer random. They had their chance but I will not be back. I will go to Mountaineer instead. Out of 4 trips there I have came out ok 4 times.

I understand that the casinos are in business to make money but, they need to payout more than 89% in order to keep people coming back. The state gaming control board requires they payout at a minimum of 85% and the Meadows is just 3% higher than that!!....come on, Indian casinos out west pay better that that. Yes, when they first opened they were paying out between 92 and 93%, and I understand that they are not going to pay that now because they sucked people in, but don't tell me the reason it has dropped is because of table games and the gaming atmosphere you provide.

An example of this greed is the new gold and platinum players club. The old club had a nice bar you could sit at and had game consoles (keno, poker, etc.) in it, NOW, the new players club bar does not have any chairs to sit at, games to play, and it doesn't even offer draft beer (GREAT BAR HUH). I am a gold member but, I don't think I will continue to qualify for it because there is no point. You go there and spend between 300 and 400 dollars twice a week and they give you 10 dollars in free play-woopdey freakin doo. I don't care that the casino gives away cars and toasters-how about giving away MONEY- it's a novel idea I know.... but it seems to work for other casinos. I have even heard from casino employees that their pay has suffered because since the payouts have gone down so has their tips.

Yes, the casino is clean and the location is nice, but I don't go to a casino to admire the pictures on the wall. All I ask is that if people are going to spend their hard earned money there, maybe give a little bit back once in a while. Let someone walk in with 300 bucks and stay longer than 75 minutes.

I suggest that if you like to gamble, hold off and save for weekend trips to Atlantic City and Vegas..just make sure you go to casinos that are not owned by the Cannery Casino Company since they are the ones that own the Meadows.

this casino just keeps getting worse and worse....the slots just eat your 20 dollar bill without giving anything back....bonuses are turned off. I'm not sure how they are getting away with this but everyone you chat with there has about had it with their payouts. Someone should be checking on their tactics.

My first experience was not good at all. All the machines did was take and take. When you get a bonus it is not for very much. I make a lot of money and am in Pittsburgh for an extended stay. They are the ones losing out. I will try somewhere else. I wish it was fairly decent because I don't mind losing money but not AT THAT RATE.

Yes, the payout here is pretty bad! My mother and a couple of my friends, and even me on occasion, play the slots. I always hear from them that they lost like 150 dollars, or 80 dollars, or whatever. I lost 80 in one night there, was betting 20 and 30 cent bets, and didn't even hit once. Terrible. This is a little better then Wheeling in payout, but not that much. My mom just got back tonight. She blew 80. Didn't hit anything. This is my favorite casino in terms of atmosphere and even the area it's in, however the payout has been bad ever since the new casino opened in 09. Wish they had soda machines, that would be a big plus. Beers are kinda expensive. Decent dining here. Hey what should I expect, right? A casino is a casino. They all rob you. Overall, very nice place to visit and relax. The slots have good variety, atmosphere is something definitely to be desired, Pacers is great to sit at(through the week, when it's not jammed), bands are usually really good, much easier to get in and out of then The Rivers, beautiful area around the casino! Casino itself 9/10. Payout 3/10.

I don't like how they do the drawing now. If you win free play it is automatically added to your card. Who's to say they are adding anything. They could be ghost names they call. Some of the names , I never heard of. You don't hear Smith, Jones , or any other common names. They really sound made-up. John Horsesaddle , Joe Sockneedle, and so on. At least make them sound believable. I want to see the winners, cause I know I'll never be one. Also I like how my free-play goes up and down and I am there and spend the same amount every month.

We live in Cleveland so it's a couple hour drive to any casino we go to, so in the end we want to make sure we go to a place where we have the best chances at bringing something back. We've tried the other western PA & WV casinos & had no luck on the slots at all; if we came out $20 ahead it was a good day. We've been to The Meadows about six times this year & though my husband has a losing record I've come out several hundred dollars ahead 4 out of 5 times. The slots machines seem newer than most places & the staff is friendly. I'm very impressed with the variety, and the fact that they have a lot of penny slots. The customers seem a step above what you sometimes deal with at other casinos. My biggest complaint is that trying to get a drink is impossible. I wish they would at least have self-serve soda machines, though ideally it would be great to have more servers on hand. I've only been asked twice if I wanted something to drink, and that's during at least 30 hours of slot play. The long lines at the bar are annoying & the bar staff seem slow, though for the most part prices seem more reasonable than other places we've been. The food court is a good "cheap meal" option. The non-smoking section isn't anything to brag about. The Player's Club is ok, though I think it could use some improvement regarding rewards. Right now this is our casino of choice; I am no longer wasting time at the others. It's not Vegas, but it's a good alternative.

I walked away from the meadows about 10 months ago. The reason why,I just wasn't having fun anymore. I'm not an idiot,I understand that a casino has to take in a lot more than they pay out in order to stay a float. But at the same time, us hard working people are not trying to make you owners multi-millionaires with out us receiving some types of rewards. Now I was going to the meadows pretty steady since it opened. And the first few months,I enjoyed myself. I had some bad days,but I also had some good days. And most important,it seemed as if I could play my money for a few hours. Then all the sudden,I was losing 300.00 dollars within an hour. And for months it seemed to become a routine. I was betting my average of a 1.50 to 2.00 spins. I remember clearly, on 2 days a week for about 2& a half months,my biggest hit was 44 dollars. For most people,they know that's horrible. I've seen multiple people betting .30 or .40 cent hit for that or more. Anyways, I figured to give the rivers a try. Well within the first week I had a very nice win. And I was impressed that they had a self serve on the beverages. But that's the only thing good I can say about the rivers. The staff they have working there may be the worst that I've encountered in any establishment anywhere. The rivers is over crowded with too many foul mouth,low life, hoodlums. I have to say the meadows patrons are a much,much,greater classy bunch of people. not to mention, any winnings there came to a screeching halt. so I decided to give the meadows another try. I've been back since December,and I haven't struck it rich,but I have been doing some winning and finding occasionally my money has been lasting some what longer. not sure if the meadows has changed their only take money policy. but if things can stay close to this status, I will be happy to continue my visiting your establishment. one things for sure, I will not be making any more stops to the rivers casino.

I think the Meadows had a few rough months through 2010 & have had SEVERAL complaints, however, I personally think they've taken notice of those and are trying to change things a bit. I was invited to a round table discussion concerning the casino with several other people & all aspects of the casino were discussed...good & bad. Almost every complaint that I heard, concerning comps, food, drinks, multiplier points & more, have been addressed (according to the monthly calender mail I received). So I at least give them credit for LISTENING to their customers!

Whether slots are loose or tight, I believe, depends on the person playing. I DO agree that if you're gambling several hundred or thousand(s) of dollars, you do expect to at least win a little...enough to keep you playing a while. You do not expect to load a machine with that much money and not hit something once in a while...not necessarily the jackpot, but enough to keep you going. The last 2 of 3 times I went through late Dec/Jan, I have hit jackpots. Of course I think that's wonderful, but the guy next to me who lost, had a bad experience! I only play in the high roller room, so this is where my experience is. I don't play smaller machines (less money) and I don't play table games... I only rated tables because I had to. There is no hotel associated with the Meadows, so that's why the rating on it...again I had to.

Meadows is the place I gamble locally...by far the better place to go in these parts. West Virginia casinos are a JOKE...they're rundown & do not hit AT ALL. Again, MY experience through the years. The Rivers was horrible, but I think is coming around as of the last couple months. I much prefer the "feel" of the Meadows, over the Rivers though.

The hosts at the Meadows are, by far, the best I've encountered at ANY casino. I am almost always offered free drinks/food. And, again, when I had complaints, they were heard & dealt with.

The slot attendants are friendly & helpful.

The one complaint I would say I have is the waitresses...there simply isn't enough of them all the time. They're friendly enough, but at times I've waited a very long time without seeing one.

All in all, I believe the Meadows is the best place to go if you want a chance to win.

We drive to the Meadows 1-2 times a month. It has become one of our favorite places . As two old codgers we enjoy the atmosphere since we go to a casino to relax and have fun. The machines have been good to us. We play pennies and nickle poker ,both with a nice selection of machines. The free play, gifts and food has been generous and appreciated . We hve been to all the casinos in the tri-state area (Pa,WVa,NY) and find the Meadows is best . The food is good ( we will miss the sub shop it was always our favorite). It would be nice to have a self serve beverage spot . It was sad to see the negative reviews when we enjoy your casino so much.

I'm surprised at some of the comments regarding the Meadows. Now that the table games are open the casino is a true "Atlantic City" experience. Okay, no sports betting like Nevada but everything else. Good variety of slots, table games. You can go downstairs and watch live racing or simulcast. There is an excellent restaurant (Steakhouse) upstairs overlooking the track. Good fast food available. A nice casual restaurant, too. And even a bowling alley if you want to get away from the tables for a while. I have participated in some of the promotions--they are giving away good prizes every week. The comments regarding whether the slots are "loose" or not are based on individual experience. In fact, look at the overall payout percentages--the Meadows is at about 91%--just behind the Rivers but at a respectable level (state law says a casino has to pay back only 80%). If you want to spend the extra time to drive to West Virginia you should get some perks--the WVA casinos are going to have to have promotions, etc... to convince people to keep driving the extra distance. Since I like wagering on the Greyhounds better than Harness horses I will continue to go occasionally. However, for an overall experience I think the Meadows offers a good variety of gaming options and does a good job of providing them!

Just got back from The Meadows. Ridiculous is the only word that accurately represents how tight the slots were. I brought my mother here to celebrate her 75th birthday...what a mistake. $600 spent between us and neither of us had a win over $25. I have been to casinos everywhere and I do not expect to win, but, I at least have a reasonable expectation of having some fun while I'm losing. I did not. Neither did she. Did I mention the $600 was gone in under 2 hours? They never even kissed me. Once I realized how unbelievably tight the slots were I started talking to people and watching the payouts on the machines around me. Guess what? NOBODY was hitting anything bigger than $25 and hits of ANY size were few and far between. Big surprise, huh? The slots manager needs to seriously re-think the business model. Nice looking place but then it ought to be the way they fleece you. Never...I repeat, NEVER...going back there and I absolutely cannot in good conscience ever recommend it to anyone. Mountaineer and Wheeling are only a short drive away so why bother?

Tightest slos in western Pennsylvania area. They need a buffet.The alcolholic drinks aren't free.

What a joke the Meadows is - I mean, the dealers are absolutely horrendous. I'm not sure what kind of testing or training these guys went through, but my 8 year old can count to 21 with fewer mistakes than these guys. They are constantly making mistakes, taking your money when they aren't supposed to, and dealing at a snail's pace. I know they are new, but even the one's in West Virginia weren't this bad when they started. And the supervisor's and pit bosses are the bigger joke, most of them have no idea what the rules of the game are. I saw a few of them just start dealing a few months ago in West Virginia and now they are supervisors here, and they have no idea how to fix mistakes or how to handle a customer. So the dealer messes up, then they call over a supervisor who doesn't know how to enforce the rules and gives you attitude on top of it, and its no wonder you hear nothing but negative comments when you talk to other players. I don't care how close this place is, you are better off driving to AC when you want to gamble, at least you can play blackjack or craps without having to teach the dealer as you play!!

Did you go to the Meadows Casino today, Sunday, June 6th for the Summer Swipe & Win Promotion, only to be told you weren’t eligible?

On the email invite and also on the huge ad at the Casino, it clearly states “Earn 250 Same Day Points To Get Your Swipe”

After earning 250 points, you swipe your card and find that you are ineligible. The Player’s Club reps then tell players “Well, because it is a 10 X points day, you must actually earn 2,500, or 250 base points.” There is a huge difference here.

But that is not what they have been promoting.

So if you’re like us and went to play today for your chance at a “Swipe & Win”, only to have a “Bait & Switch” occur, we encourage you to contact the General Manager, Sean Sullivan, at 724-503-1234 and also file a dispute and/or complaint with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board: www.pgcb.state.pa.us/?p=113

WOW, the players club is saying it is based on what you put in the machines, so not true. Unless they mean the more you spend the less you get. Give me a break. When I quit going to the Meadows I got $80 a week in free play, now $15. All I can say is REALLY. I am going to test this out I will not go up for the month of June and post what I get next month.....

I'm a frequent patron of both the Meadows and the Rivers.

The Rivers is definitely a "classier" joint. Better food choices. Better bars. Better music. Better announcer. If you're a sports fan, there are big screen TV's galore. Self service complimentary drinks so you don't have to hunt down someone to get a drink.
Until today, I thought they're comps were the worst.

I frequent the Rivers at least three times a week and can't get past $5 a week. Granted all I play is video poker. Food coupon has never gone above $5.

I also frequent the Meadows. There have been times when I got up to $15 a week.

This is what annoys me. A friend of mine received in the mail his promo mailer. He who visited the Meadows Casino twice in the last six months gets for the month of May $100 a week in free play. $15 in food two times a month. 50,000 bonus points once a week and is guaranteed at least $75 and a chance at a $1000 a week for that other gimmick. That's $225 a week in free play. HOW THE HELL DOES THAT HAPPEN? THE MEADOWS CERTAINLY DOESN'T REWARD YOU FOR LOYALTY, DO THEY?

I get more at Wheeling. Great hotel discounts and food coupons. Might be a little further but at least they reward you for being loyal.

That's my beef. Can someone explain to me how something like that happens?

I am a gold member close to platinum. I really don't think I will go back. The April BOB promo just gives out a 5 dollar food court coupon. What a joke. The machines are way too tight. No I don't go expecting to win, but I would like to play a little longer than 30 minutes on 200 dollars.

Beware::::::::the only way to actually get some real free play at this hole is to be handicapped or you have to be old or black - that’s it.........let me tell you I been a member at the Meadows Casino since they opened the cheap tent and every month my free play is $5.00 I put all my money in to the slots just about evryday to get $5 a week (now Wheeling Island I go one time next month and I get $20 a week and free buffets and hotel stays) At the Meadows the waitresses think that their crap smells like roses. They act like they are some big shot strippers - lmao - they come around “driiiiiiiiiinksssssssss” You ask for a drink and they start rolling their eyes like damn you dont have to be like that.

About the only thing that is nice about that place is the keno machines. Everythng else and everyone else about the place sucks, even though you dont really hit dipity doo on keno but, I used to before they got rid off the cheap tent and tightened them up

I go to the Rivers Casino and my first time I got $50 in free play my first night. I go back a few days later, I put $10 in the machine and it said congragulations!!!!!!!!!! You just got free play. Here I go and punch in my pin and it said you have $0.01 in free play whatttt? A penny? What the heck am I gonna do with a penny? I got up and left. Never went back. What a brown eye hole just like the Meadows. So I’ve been taking my bussiness to Wheeling where they treat you like you should be treated right for your money. I suggest you do the same!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a good looking casino, thanks to all of us that donated. They should thank us all, instead for me i get rewarded 5 or 10 dollars a week in freeplay with a gold card near platinum status. They are awful on freeplay. If you go to Wheeling they comp you with free buffets and free hotels and LOTS MORE IN FREE PLAY.

The smoking areas are set up weird. I have NEVER WON MORE THAN $1,000 up there and no joke i have been up there almost EVERYDAY since the tent opened up and put LOTS of money up there and they are very tight on their freeplay.

I put 1,000 dollars up there this month and got 10 dollars in free play and i have a gold card which states 500 dollars a month. I HAVE NEVER GOT NOWHERE NEAR THAT. I guess they give it to who they know and like along with the jackpots.

I have done WAY better at Wheeling including a 10,000 dollar jackpot down at wheeling in 2003. I am now looking forward to bringing my business back to wheeling. The meadows does have a nice looking casino, but that is about it.

The pizza is good though and is reasonably priced, but every time i complain about my freeplay to the players club they tell me there is a glitch in their computers, something with the matrix. I think they just have it out for me, but I'm no longer worried about it because WHEELING AND MOUNTAINEER HERE I COME. Plus, in W.V the 5 dollar machines max bet is only 5 bucks instead of 10 and 15 dollars. Also, west virginia's 5 dollar machines hit better anyway.

Good luck to the rest of you and i strongly suggest wheeling or mountaineer over the meadows and wheeling now has help yourself on the drinks which is nice.....WHEELING HERE I COME!

I have been reading reviews of casinos including The Rivers and Mountaineer. The machines are too tight? You've got to be kidding me! What do you think a casino is in business for? To give away money? I think not.

If one goes to the casino in any hope or expectation of winning (over the long haul), forget about it. Take what you can afford to lose, and expect to lose it. The "tightness" of the machines may determine whether your bankroll is gone in ten minutes or ten hours, but when the day is done, in the words of a certain fictitious casino manager Ace Rothstein, "In the end, we're the only winners. The players don't stand a chance."

So in terms of my review of The Meadows, when I win $400, the machines are loose. When I lose $400, the machines are tight. The choice is mine as to whether that $400 remains in my pocket or goes into the coffers of the casino. So instead of bellyaching, go and have fun with what you can afford to lose, or stay home and play Wii.

And for those who believe a casino will do itself in by having too tight a payout schedule, they'll still be serving their clientele while the rest of us lie in our graves. Good luck, wherever you choose to go!

All aspects of professionalism are growing steadily at this western Pa. gaming resort. Finally, some classic Vegas-style entertainment has been offered two weeks in a row. A Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra impersonator are great in the settings available.

New year's party for Platinum card holders a huge success by generous management. Bo and Bob Morelli as Dean Martin"Live And Swinging" ; THOSE GUYS ARE REAL PROS. Not like other impersonator "knock-offs".

I had some trouble with a printed voucher.......WOW!! I waited over 25minutes for some "slots" goof to finally accept it. DO NOT get a bad voucher you'll wait for ever with these dummies. Food court only served chicken and fries, but no breakfast during morning hours WTF!! This place is slightly better than The Rivers casino and frankly that's NOT saying much. DO WHAT MY WIFE AND I ARE GOING TO DO...........GO TO REAL CASINOS IN ATLANTIC CITY AND LAS VEGAS !!!

This casino is only a half hour drive away, which makes my experiences there all the more disappointing. The new facility is a step up from Wheeling Island, but it still pales in comparison to places like Dover Downs in Delaware or some of the casinos up in New York. The selection of slots is quite poor. They have many banks of unpopular machines that sit empty while the more popular games are few in number and always crowded. For example, two Goldfish slots in the entire facility, which is one of the hottest games going right now.



This is also the tightest casino I've ever visited, and my wife and I have been in them all from Delaware to New York and over to Michigan. That's not only our experience but also our observation that we don't see as many people cashing tickets at The Meadows compared to other casinos. We were in three different Delaware casinos recently where Deal or No Deal was popular and loose, but at The Meadows it's tight and you rarely see more than two or three people at the bank of a dozen machines.



Trying to get a soft drink while you play is difficult unless you're sitting near one of the few areas where the servers frequent. I never see them in most parts of the casino. I was playing near the bar the other night and flagged someone down, but she never returned with my Coke.

You're also more likely to find a security guard walking around than casino staff, but fortunately I haven't had any machines malfunction on me. Although, this casino had a power outage about a month ago (a new casino without proper generator backup?) and word is they offered the patrons a bag of potato chips to stick around for hours while they tried to get the machines back up. Classy, LOL!

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First trip to the new permanent casino today (had been to the temporary one 3 times before). It's a 2-hour trip for us from OH and worth every minute. I was impressed with the temporary casino, but this one is going to be hard to top.



There were lots and lots of people there--and yet I could find machines to play on and rarely had to wait to use my "favorites." I also enjoyed trying some of the newer games that I wasn't familiar with.



I love the fact that there are so many low-denomination machines--for us "poor folk" who just want to have a little fun. We can play a long time on very little $. Had lunch at the Terrace Cafe, and we loved the view overlooking the racetrack which happened to be racing today. Had a $5 coupon as a promotion for lunch, so it virtually paid for lunch.



I had one machine that wasn't functioning, and I did have trouble locating an attendant (the machine wouldn't give me my voucher!). It finally blinked, and I quickly punched the Cash Out button again, and it finally spit it out. However, I never was able to find an attendant. There were a number of waitpersons all over the casino offering drinks all day, and they were very attentive.



The restrooms were clean and tended to regularly. Unless I didn't find them all, there would be a few more (and the ones I did find--the Men's and Women's were reversed from the other one; i.e., Men on the right, Women on the left at one restroom site; Women on the right, Men on the left at the other. In five minutes, I watched 5 people go into the wrong restroom! Small thing, as we should all be able to read, but it obviously is an issue of that many people make the same mistake in a short period of time.



It's a beautiful casino. It would be nice if they had a hotel with pool(s) at the site, but I understand the need for a parking deck instead of a hotel.

When The Meadows initially opened, it was great. The slot machines were loose, and The Meadows were substantiating a beautiful profit with a descent percent payout. I realize that the casinos are in business to make money! Why must there be an extreme amount of greed on the part of the state regulations to lower the payout? Look what happened to the West Virginia casinos! Will The Meadows fall as they did when the new casino opens in Pittsburgh?