The slots are old and there are too many of the same. Need new slots! The buffet is the worst one in all the casinos we have been in, food is tasteless, old, left out too long. All the specials from the past are gone, no more steak and eggs for a good price. The birthday gifts are cheap and trash. They forget that most of their guests are seniors and need to cater to them. No more senior discounts on the buffet on weekends. If they have a good thing going, they will find a way to screw it up. Bad slots, bad food, bad customer service and most of all management that is not in tune with its customers.

I have to agree with Steve Kramer's assessment of this place. The place is so big that your money just disappears from the local bank of slot games you are playing on and rarely returns. Using Mrs. Playwright's advice on going at a favorable time, I went during the midday right after a busy weekend. The machines I played took over 500 spins to produce any kind of bonus game, changing several times. And the hit frequency was running about 20%. There was a higher roller playing nearby (4.50/spin), and he doubled, then lost everything (about 1500.00) in 40 minutes. On top of that, this casino is so big and dark that security is poor for the audience it attracts. I noticed one guy watching my gaming area for over two hours. Sure enough, when I went to get some cash from a well-used ATM machine to continue playing on my machine, I returned to an empty balance. At least someone has figured out how to win at the Muck. The casino loves to point out its "first in Washington State to win over a million bucks" payout which occurred last March on a Quick Hit. Assuming that the tribe grudgingly pays out 75% per their compact with the Tribal Gaming Commission, does this give you an idea of their marketing strategy and how it affects your play on their server (aka sucker) based gaming system?
My conclusion:
1. If your idea of gaming entertainment does not include losing several hundred dollars every time you go the Muckleshoot, don't plan on playing slots for more than one hour at a time.
2. Schedule that hour either on Sunday night from 10:00 to midnight, or from 4 to 5 pm Monday or Tuesday.
3. From the aforementioned hours, plan to give your winnings back half of the time because they might adjust the server to drain you down, and enjoy watching you on their cameras squirm in their empty casino.

Tried out this place a few times for poker. Depressing room, with depressing gamblers.

Their 4/8 limit game plays like a NL game. Long waits all of the time. Totally not worth the drive.

I've been to Muckleshoot more times than I care to recall and have only walked away a winner twice; once for $100 and once for $200. Hell, I can't even recall being "up" then putting it back it. All the slots seem to do is take; they've GOT to be the cheapest around. Very few "wins" even exceed your initial bet. I've eaten there once and the breakfast was good, though WAY overpriced for a casino. Hey, you're already getting my money; give me a deal on food anyway....Unfortunately, the other casinos within striking distance of South King County are even worse, so we're forced to drive a fair distance but hey, whatever it takes!

Just went to "Washington's biggest" today. Monday afternoon, 3 to 6 pm. What a joke! The machine I played on had a sneaky little payline scheme on it. Cash was converted to "credits"--3 cents equal one credit. So? This makes a 60 cent bet a 1.80 bet, except that your payout/bonuses are calculated at .60 cents versus 1.80; and the payline gets very skimpy when your wager falls below .90 per spin. After losing lots of money (I was up once in 3 hours), I watched even higher rollers destroy their payroll in minutes. It was a turkey shoot on the slots floor. I'm not going back.

So I have been going to muckelshoot for 6 months now and have spent tons of money and no payout I do max bet and still nothing I have tried the bingo absolutely nothing I'm sick and tired of this casino I'm never going to spend another dime there. I didn't plan on winning a lot just enough to play for a little while and be happy and go home but no I have wasted too much money and time there and the customer service there is bad and they were rude. I talked to the manager and he did nothing. I would rather drive farther just to spend my money at a different casino then go back.

I have been going to the Muckleshoot for about 3 years now, and I admit, I win some, I lose some. If you go on a thursday, friday or saturday, you are just more likely to lose your money. Why? Those are the nights that everybody is out. Those are the paydays so people are out blowing their paychecks of course. Around the first of the month, I am sure that people are spending up there SSI and disability paychecks there, so, that may not be the best time to go, however, I like to go on Sunday nights or mondays and tuesdays during the day, when everybody is at work, and I do get better payouts. Today? I put in 20 bucks, and leave with over 500. Sometimes you hit on the machines, sometimes you just don't. I like a lot of the machines they do have, but there are others I try to stay away from. They are integrating more vegas style games, in fact, some of the games I played today were the ones I played 2 weeks ago in vegas.

Their buffet? I went there once. I was not impressed with it whatsoever, especially the ballistics gel they try to pass off as fruit gelatin. Its gelatin alright. You cant cut through this thing easily, I would hold on to my steak knife if I were you. The drinks are a little bit pricey, but in ANY casino, you will pay more for your drinks, but the drinks I have gotten were also made by a heavy handed bartender, so I got what I paid for at least. I miss their old restaurant they had by the poker tables (cookaburra's), as it had a smoking section, but after the remodel, the fry bread was no longer free, (one of my favorite things there) and some of the staff at the new restaurant were rude and would completely ignore you unless you did a little jig to get there attention.

I have received pretty good customer service from them, and they have acknowledged me when I made a complaint about the bathrooms. Another reason why I don't like to go on the weekends, too many drunk women walking into the bathroom, that don't flush or leave the stalls dirty. Drinks everywhere, smoke butts, yes. But on the weekdays, when things are slower, its a much cleaner atmosphere.

I don't make it a point to think about what color the walls are, or the carpeting, that's not why I am there. I admit, the Snoqualmie casino, is a much brighter atmosphere, and it does not smell so heavily of smoke. They have made it a point so far to keep it smelling somewhat flowery/fruity. However, the muckleshoot is bigger, and they put more time and energy into maintaining the casino floor, not picking out the right potpourri that will soothe the senses. There could be a little more light, that would be nice, but oh well. You go to gamble, not to take vacation pictures. I like that they have bingo separately, you don't have to walk through a huge floor just to get to the bingo hall, or crawl over the many people flittering about the rows. I am not crazy about the bingo, because they tend to call fast and some people just can't keep up.

THE POINT IS: If you want to go and have a chance at winning, go on one of the aforementioned days, not on Friday or Saturday when half the people are intoxicated and are slapping the machines like its going to magically give them a bonus. Also, don't go expecting some grand casino. This is not the Luxor, this is not the MGM Grand, and it is not the Bellagio. You are not going to get a high quality casino here. But you are going to get what you come for on the good days, which is cash.

Went on SB Sunday mainly for slots and the seafood buffet. Surprisingly, it was not at all crowded. For $25 per person, the buffet was only fair. Shrimp, uncracked dungeness crab, some tiny steamed clams, some little salmon patty things, and some baked talapia where about all I remember of the seafood, although I'm sure there may have been some other minor things I missed. No mussels, oysters, or prepared seafood dishes or variety of fish. It really didn't even seem like a seafood buffet, or worth it for the money. There were other things, and we had a nice average buffet meal--only gripe was not enough seafood to call it a seafood buffet and charge a premium for that.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that the slot machine inventory has been updated since our last visit several years ago, At that time, they were still running the likes of Double Diamond and Red White and Blue, with a sprinkling of the nickel novelty bonus machines of that period ( like Jackpot Party, Texas Tea etc.) Now they at least have replaced most of that stuff with a lot of more current penny machines, like Wolf Run and other stacked wild/bonus spin types, although they are still behind the Tulalip in my opinion. And their penny machines did not pay well at all on this one visit compared to our normal experience on these at Tulalip.

This is a very large casino with a lot going on, and I don't feel as negative about it as some others seem to. I didn't find it particularly "dirty", or anyone unfriendly. They are less greedy about drink prices here than at Tulalip-- $3.75 for a 16 oz draft Alaskan here compared to $4.25 for a 12 oz bottled Bud at Tulalip, for example. All in all, not a place I would "avoid" by any means. ( Note that I was forced by this site to rate hotel, table games and players club even though I have no opinion on these).

On a recent trip out west, my wife and I spent a few hours at the Muckleshoot to kill time waiting for our flight from Seattle. The only thing I can say is this casino should be shut down by the state of Washington. To begin with the place is a filthy mess. Ashtrays are overflowing at every slot machine, and the machines themselves have not been wiped down in years. Bathrooms are a total mess; besides a horrible smell they are flooded and totally unsanitary. I truly have no idea how this place can pass any type of health inspection. The slot machines in this place are also extremely horrible. Most of the machines are at least 3 years old or more and are extremely tight. It looks like the machines were purchased from the casinos in the Mississippi gulf after hurricane Katrina. I spoke to some of the local residents during my time there and they all shared my same thought. Most of them referred to the place as a run down pig sty. The service was terrible and waitresses rude. There were not many food choices and as dirty as the place was really did not have an appetite in this casino. All I can say if you are visiting the state of Washington go see the beautiful city of Seattle and stay out this poor excuse for a casino

Sure the place isn't "elegant" like snoqualmie, but at least you can win there and play a bit.. Whereas at snoqualmie you lose everything in 10 mins, and have to drive an hour to get home.

For me it is about where I get the most play for my gambling dollar, and that is at muckleshoot. Paybacks are at least 5 percent higher then anywhere else I've played.

Also you can buy cigs with points. BONUS!

The Muck is hit or miss....I have not hit. The biggest problem I have is that I've spent $2,500 there in the past 2 months and NO return....each visit is less than an hour and POOF!....money gone. I hear about people getting rewards sent to their home, but none for me...and I ALWAYS use my players card.

Their slots are getting tighter and tighter...and tighter. I would not recommend this place due to my failed return in this place, $500 in 30 min with a mid-size bet?

All I hear is people cursing and yelling from losing. Statistically I am behind, hence my anger. Go there to dance and drink.....don't expect anything else.

Muckleshoot has $5 Blackjack tables all night unlike Snoqualmie and the slots are more reasonably priced. For instance, at Snoqualmie you'll find most slot machines start at 2 cents or higher and at Muckleshoot it's 25 or 30 cents. You still might not win, but at least your money goes further.

We really appreciate the non-smoking area being completely separated from the smoking area and wish more of the food service was on the non-smoking side. The food at the deli wasn't very good, but at the American style food restaurant (sorry I can't remember the name of the place) it was very good.

We appreciate the free soft drinks, but wish there was bottled water as well. We've won more on tables and slots at this casino than at Snoqualmie, where we never seem to win.

The Muckleshoot Casino in Auburn has become an organization led by thugs and goons. My wife and I have gone there for years celebrating many occasions as well as 'just for fun'.

We've spent lots of $ and won a few Jackpots over the years. Until a recent event, I would have recommended going there... BUT, the other night after playing for hours and losing several hundred dollars, my wife won a Jackpot! Yeah, we were happy! We got a little bit of our money back but most importantly we were having a great time.

Crowds gathered around to share our excitement while we waited for the staff to bring the money out. Then.. instead of bringing her prize, the manager came out surrounded by a group of aggresive/angry body guards to tell us her id was no good and the Jackpot would not be paid. This was the same id that had been used several times over the past eight years to collect winnings at that same place.

They have everything on computer so they knew that. The big boss waved his arms in my wife's face as she cried. Well.. I came unglued and cussed them out! ...then the goons came after me and 'escorted' me off the property leaving her alone in the place to try and reason with them. There is much more to the story but you get the point. They have turned into nothing better than an organized gang of high priced thugs. You might wonder if my wife got her Jackpot after all the drama? The answer is NO! Please don't waste your money there. It's not safe and they discriminate. I'll leave it there. This was my 'Muckleshoot Moment'...

I had not been to Mucklshoot for a long time and was very pleased to see an immaculate big non smoking area with full service, all table games and lots of slots and of course those who choose to live in smoke there is a huge area for that. We also stayed to dine and we found the food quite good in the buffet with everything constantly refreshed. Overall a nice day at the Mucklshoot

I get to go to Muckleshoot Casino a couple times a month when I am lucky. The biggest draw for me are the restaurants. Not so much the deli--still good though. There's a huge room for table games. I play slots and win and lose as normal always hoping to win of course.

There's a huge area to smoke in and there's another huge area to get away from the smoke, and it's a nice non-smoker's area. The people are always courteous to me at Muckleshoot, even when my blood pressure is up and I am grumpy. There are enough machines for everyone it seems.

And I like the fact I can use my players club points to buy things with, as well, although I wish they had points to apply to a hotel stay, since I don't live in the area. Last, but not least, I enjoy the live music and dance floor in the middle of the casino. There are some great bands that play there, for my free entertainment, to boot! Muckleshoot Casino is my favorite "local" casino.

Wow we went to the casino last night so much fun. Friendly staff, we ate at the New York deli and the food was great . Just can't get over how big the casino is, it's like being in a mall. I like that they have one whole casino devoted to non smoking. Even though we went in the smoking casino it seemed there was no smoke present. Overall lots of fun ill go back if I get chance.

The food is the best of any casino in the area, they have a great buffet and you get three dollars off with club card .They have 2600 slots now but there getting ready to open another expnasion they connected the casinos so you can walk between them with out going outside cool that way you dont have to lose the drink between casinos. If its raining they have a 2400 car parking garage. I reallly enjoy going to this casino they have the most non smoking in the state one whole casino non smoking. The drinks are cheap also 2.25 a beer and others also .

If they would stop giving out stupid little gifts and maybe allow us to play a little on our money they would soon learn we would still feed it alll back. so they are happy and we feel like we haven't had the kiss of death!

When you walk in with $80 and a half-hour later you are leaving the joint and you were playing a penny machine and you were playing twenty-five cents, let me see you feel a bit violated!

Do I have anything good to say about the food? No way it sucks! The new buffet is an expensive way to one heck of a stomach ache!

Muck needs to look around at some of the other places and maybe reconsider those little trinkets, maybe give us a little play and enjoy letting go of a little money! And for goodness sakes find some cooks! Country Buffet beats that crap!

Not impressed with any of the food we have ever had at the Mucks. Have not tried the NEW and IMPROVED buffet, but am hearing good things, so might try it soon. It's a little expensive for WA at $24.95 for dinner.



Slots- have had better luck the last couple of visits. (As in my money has lasted longer.) Have NEVER won anything here. My sister always goes when the in-laws are in town and the in-laws almost always have nice wins $200-400, for her. Darn, I just don't know how she does it!



Went to the new non-smoking casino #1 last time, it's much better than the previous situation where non-smoking was right next to the smoking, so only just slightly less smokey.



A gal sitting next to me at a penny slots a couple of weeks ago won over $300 on her first $20, and then was up over $100 from the next $20 bill she inserted after she cashed out the bigger winnings. I was very happy for her, she was just saying that she and the hubby were having trouble with money and would probably not be able to do anything special to celebrate an upcoming anniversary. Her night out with the girls really paid off! : )

This casino is being remodeled, so it changes, but overall the atmosphere seems low-rent...one is reminded of green shag carpets, beer and potato chips in front of a T.V for some reason.

The best thing about Muckleshoot is that I've won there. Not much staff around, and I nearly had a knock-down with a 90-year old that wanted my seat. Our first buffet was awful, and way too expensive, but the next month there was a new one built elsewhere...there are free coffee stations (with only non-dairy powdered creamer), though we bought our first one because the server at the deli didn't mention it.

There is one section of slots near the club that has both the music from the club and the overhead music blaring at you, it's very annoying and unpleasant. It's big and there is a non-smoking building.

The comp points don't get you much but you can use them anywhere (candy shop...) and they send coupons and some money just for signing up.

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The "Mucks" is the place to go if you want to play poker in Washington. The poker room is gigantic and well organized with state of the art electronic boards, member card sliders and shufflers at the table. They work hard to get you into a game as quickly as possible and will even give you a pager if you'd like to wonder arround while waiting. Most of the tables move along at a nice rate thanks partly to the automated shufflers. I love the hourly high hand bonus and the tournaments offered. 95% of the dealers are fantastic...although there are three that have no personality, are incompetent or act like they hate their jobs and should be fired! They even have free valet parking which I've used heavily this past month following my knee surgery.



So whats my beef?

* If you are in the huge poker tournament area (holds 140 players) you can just forget about getting service. Yes, they can electronicaly call service to the table for you but dont expect much. I've waited as long as 30-minutes to get a beer....which by the way will cost you more then any other casino arround!!! Beer is $3.25 and well drinks $3.75, down the street at the IronHorse casino beer is $1 and well drinks $1.50

* The food is actually good and fairly priced but forget about ordering if you are in a tournament for two reasons. The first is that you wont get your food for 1/2 price while in a tournament like you do in a live game. Second, even if someone does take your order you will likely be out by the time your food gets to you 3 rounds later so dont bother.

* In a $65 tournament only $50 goes into the prize pool. Isn't 30% a big bite for the casino to take? Well, it seems so to me.

* They have a really cool electronic board in the tournament room. It keeps you apprized of the time left in each round, the blind increments and time till the next break...I love it! However, they frequently don't use the board to its fullest. Why not always let us know how many entrants remain, the prize pool breakdown, and maybe even the average chip stack...

* For a good laugh sign up on their poker email list. You will get frequent emails about upcoming events...but my 9 yr old niece writes more professional emails. "Ray-Ray" needs someone to proof his emails before he sends them. They contain incomplete information and are poorly written...although I do like to be informed when a tournament is canceled.

* Bathrooms are a football field away from the tournament room. They really need to build bathrooms off the tornament room! When you go out the poker entrance pick the bathrooms to the left as it is bigger and you wont have to walk by the 20 smokers standing in the isle way leading to the bathroom on the right. Thank God they stopped allowing smoking while at the poker tables!

* The "Mucks" are trying to get a morning $30 tourney going which is great! I went up there twice this past week at 10am and there wasnt enough interest, so no game....bummer.

* With the increasing popularity of the "spread" no-limit type games it is harder and harder to find an $8-16 or $10-20 limit game anymore. I used to go up to "the Mucks" nearly every day to play $10-20, now it is seldom offered.

This is the biggest casino in Washington State and solely holds that distinction due to its proximity to the major population centers.



The blackjack game has lousy rules (8-decks, dealer hits soft 17, no double after split, no surrender, no resplit aces).



DO NOT PLAY VIDEO POKER in WA. Or at least realize you are not really playing video poker, but rather a slot machine that is disguised to look like video poker.



The payoffs on the machines are truly random and not dependent on your skill in holding the correct cards. See the WA State Gaming website for more info.



Probably the best thing this casino has going for it is the large poker room. They have dozens of tables running and tournaments most days of the week. Overall, if you are looking for value for your gaming dollar, there are other places around to play.

The casino is large and open. It has a lot of the current slots but does need to get newer ones sooner.



The main casino is 3/4 smoking and 1/4 for non smokers. I use oxygen for breathing and can hardly smell a smoker smoking next to me. If that is still to much smoking for you there is now a large non smoking casino seperate from the main casino.



The food is above average and prices are more than reasonable. Having been to several other casinos in western washington, i would rate this one at the top of the list.