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Harrah’s Joliet is your epicenter for fun! Harrah’s casino features over 1,000 of the hottest slot machines, most Video Poker in town, over 30 table games and a WSOP Poker Room. After an afternoon of gaming, come experience exceptional dining at the Reserve Steakhouse and luxurious comfort in our hotel.

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Toll-Free Number: (800) 427-7247
Rooms: 200 Price Range: $89-$249
Suites: 4 Price Range: Casino Use Only
Restaurants: 3
Buffets: L-$17.49/$20.99 (Sat)/$26.99 (Sun)D-$21.99/$36.99 (Fri)/$26.99 (Sat/Sun)
Casino Hours: 8am-6am Daily
Casino Size: 39,000 Square Feet
Games Offered: Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Three Card Poker, Mini-Baccarat, Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em, Mississippi Stud, Poker
Overnight RV Parking: No
Special Features: Casino is on a barge docked on the Des Plaines River. The buffet is closed Tue/Wed.

Casino Profile - Harrah's Joliet, Illinois

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More than any other casino company, Harrah’s Entertainment has long been all about imprinting its brand on the consciousness of the nation’s gamblers. Not every Harrah’s is identical, ofcourse. Local conditions call for adaptation. But when you go to a Harrah’s casino, you know you’re going to get the multi-tiered Total Rewards players club, décor that emphasizes the purple inthe Harrah’s logo, an expansive and solid buffet, and employees who are well-trained in customer service.

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You’re not necessarily going to get the best games in town. It’s deeply ingrained in the Harrah’s philosophy that a smile-on-the-face entertainment experience will keep more customers comingback than an extra few tenths of a percent for the player in the blackjack rules or video poker pay tables.

So it goes at Harrah’s in Joliet, Illinois, right in the downtown area of this growing city of 146,000, located 40 miles SW of Chicago. It’s bright, lively, and has plenty of Harrah’s purple.The full Total Rewards package is in place here, with its Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Seven Stars levels bringing extra rewards depending on your play.

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Foodservice options include a Flavors buffet that offers a wide variety of cuisine including Brazilian BBQ, house-made deep-dish pizza, and build-your-own stir fry. Restaurants are on thecasino side of the turnstile, so there’s no taking the kids to dinner here. Harrah’s is a steadfastly adult experience. In addition to the buffet, there’s the elegant steakhouse, The Reserve.And if you just want to grab a burger or a dog on the run, you’ll find the Cross Street Grill on the casino floor.

Harrah’s was one of the first generation of riverboat casinos in the Midwest, opening in the spring of 1993 aboard its first boat, the Northern Star. When a second boat, Southern Star,opened the following year and later replaced by the roomier Southern Star II, it enabled Harrah’s to offer the full 1,200 gaming positions allowed under Illinois law. The early boats weresmall, cramped, and smoky, with games on three levels, requiring a lot of stair-climbing for players to see all on the boats.

Illinois required its casinos to cruise at the time, with each Harrah’s gaming session consisting of a half-hour boarding period, an hour on the Des Plaines River, and a half-hour disembarkingsession.

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When Illinois ended its cruise requirements in 1999, Harrah’s took full advantage, first bringing Northern Star and Southern Star II dockside, connected by a ramp so players could wanderbetween boats, then constructing a dockside barge that opened in 2001. The barge put all games on a single level, enabling Harrah’s to offer as close to a large, land-based casino as it can getunder Illinois restrictions.

The biggest clues that this isn’t Vegas are the turnstiles that players must pass through to get to the casino area. Once you’re through the turnstiles, you are immediately in a large, opencasino that places a heavy emphasis on slot machines. Harrah’s uses the vast majority of its allotted gaming positions on electronic gaming devices, which include slots, video poker, videoblackjack, and video keno. There are more than 900 electronic games and this is a very slots-oriented casino.

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That doesn’t mean there are no tables at all. One of the quirks in Illinois regulations is that a slot machine isn’t defined as one gaming position --- it’s nine-tenths of a gaming position.The intent is that no more than 1,200 customers be playing at any one time, so taking into consideration that at any given time some customers are walking to a different game or taking time outfor a meal or a bathroom break, the Illinois Gaming Board ruled long ago that more than 1,200 seats were needed to actually have 1,200 people playing.

So in addition to those slot machines, Harrah’s Joliet offers 31 table games. Fifteen are blackjack tables with middle-of-the-road rules. At $10 and $15 tables, the dealer hits soft 17, theplayer is allowed to double down after splitting pairs and to resplit Aces. House edge against a basic strategy player is 0.59 percent. At $25 and $50 tables, the dealer stands on all 17s, withall other rules being the same. That lowers the house edge to 0.36 percent.

The other 15 tables are a mix of craps, roulette, mini-baccarat, Three Card Poker, Four Card Poker, Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker, and Mississippi Stud.
In keeping with national trends and player preferences, Harrah’s has gone for flashy, low-denomination slots with free spins and bonus events in a big way. Higher-level play is strong enoughthat penny games have taken over the Harrah’s slot floor. One-cent games rule the roost and the next-most-common denomination is two-cent games. Expect to find a wide variety of bonusing games,with IGT, WMS, Bally and Aristocrat slots taking up most of the floor.

One thing you won’t find here is big-money wide-area progressive slots such as Megabucks. Games that link jackpots in multiple casinos are illegal in Illinois, so you’re not going to find anymillion-dollar bonanzas.

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Video poker players who seek the best pay tables won’t find a lot here. Quarter games are all reduced pay tables, mostly in the 97-percent range. Harrah’s Joliet’s standout game is at thedollar level, 9-6 Double Double Bonus Poker with a progressive jackpot on the royal flush. It’s a 98.98-percent game with expert play at the rollover level of $4,000 for a royal with five coinswagered, and larger royal payoffs sometimes take the game into positive territory. Another popular game you will find here is dollar Illinois Deuces, a game that returns 98.91 percent withperfect play.

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For overnight stays, Harrah’s has one of the most comfortable casino hotels in the Chicago area. With 200 upscale rooms, the hotel opened in 2000, and has an elegant feel --- the hotel andrestaurants make for a nice little getaway. The hotel area has its own valet parking, then it’s just a short walk inside to the turnstiles, the restaurants, and the games.

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Harrah’s Joliet might not satisfy a picky blackjack or video poker player. But those looking for a resort feel, lively atmosphere, solid restaurants, comfortable hotel and lots of slots willfind it here.

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Harrah’s Joliet is located at 151 N. Joliet Street in Joliet. Call (815) 740-7800 or (800) HARRAHS or visit www.caesars.com.

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