Vol. 17 · Field Guide №4 · Updated Monthly
Full-Pay Casino Locator
1,840+ US casinos, hand-reported by a 90+ volunteer network across 38 states, refreshed every month against the machines you actually want to sit down at — full-pay 9/6 Jacks or Better, Full-Pay Deuces Wild, and Super Aces.
Methodology
How a casino gets listed, and what "last reported" actually means.
A casino enters this database one of two ways. Either one of our 90+ volunteer reporters — most of them advantage-play regulars with a quarterly circuit of their own — files a verified report from the floor with the machine serial, the denomination, and a photograph of the pay-table glass. Or a reader submits a casino we don't yet cover, and a regional reporter confirms it within 30 days before it goes live. Nothing is scraped from third-party directories. If a casino isn't in this database, it's because nobody who knows the difference between 9/5 and 9/6 JoB has stood in front of its machines in the last reporting cycle.
The "last reported" date on every row is the date a reporter physically verified the listed pay table on the floor. We do not extrapolate or assume a pay table is still active — if a casino hasn't been re-verified in 90 days, the row is flagged "stale" in the live view and we dispatch a reporter before publishing it as current. For long-haul trip planning, treat anything older than 60 days as a reason to call the casino's slot department and confirm.
What you should look at when comparing two casinos for the same variant: the pay table (first), the denomination (a 9/6 JoB at $1 is not the same game as a 9/6 JoB at 25¢ — the EV math is identical but your variance per hour isn't), the number of machines confirmed (a single verified terminal is a coin flip; six terminals means somebody else has tested the floor), and the date. Everything else in the row is context.
- 47 video poker variants tracked across the network
- 312 distinct pay tables, each cross-checked against Bob Dancer, Jean Scott, and Wizard of Odds methodology
- Monthly refresh cadence; stale rows older than 90 days are pulled pending re-verification
- Zero ads on this page — the math content stays uncompromised
Sample Listing · Two States, Six Rows
This is the exact format you'll see in the full state view.
A representative slice from Nevada and Iowa, drawn from the live database. Click into any state for the complete roster.
| Casino | City | State | Variant | Pay Table | Denom. | Machines | Reported EV | Last Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantis Casino Resort Spa | Reno | NV | Jacks or Better | 9 / 6 | $1 | 8 | 99.54% | Mar 14, 2024 |
| Silver Legacy Resort | Reno | NV | Full-Pay Deuces Wild | 25 / 15 / 9 / 5 / 3 | $1 | 4 | 100.76% | Mar 09, 2024 |
| Peppermill Resort Spa | Reno | NV | Super Aces Bonus | 7 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 | 25¢ | 6 | 99.92% | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Meskwaki Casino Hotel | Tama | IA | Jacks or Better | 9 / 6 | 25¢ | 3 | 99.54% | Mar 02, 2024 |
| Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo | Waterloo | IA | Full-Pay Deuces Wild | 25 / 15 / 9 / 5 / 3 | $1 | 2 | 100.76% | Feb 19, 2024 |
| Riverside Casino & Golf Resort | Riverside | IA | Super Aces Bonus | 7 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 | 50¢ | 5 | 99.92% | Feb 22, 2024 |
EV figures assume optimal strategy across all 32 decision points, verified against published math. Negative-EV games are listed plainly as such — see our strategy reference for the breakdown.
Top Reporting States
The twelve most-searched jurisdictions for full-pay video poker.
Coverage is densest where the volunteer network is deepest. Each card links to the full state view with every casino, every variant, and the last-reported date on every row.
312 casinos · 1,140 confirmed full-pay machines
Includes Reno, Las Vegas, and the entire Northern Nevada circuit within driving distance of our headquarters.
Open Nevada →98 casinos · 224 confirmed full-pay machines
Tama, Waterloo, and Council Bluffs routinely offer full-pay 9/6 JoB at competitive denominations.
Open Iowa →142 casinos · 318 confirmed full-pay machines
Tribe-operated properties make up most of the list; coverage refreshed every 6 weeks.
Open Oklahoma →87 casinos · 196 confirmed full-pay machines
Tunica and the Gulf Coast corridor; Super Aces is widely available at quarter denomination.
Open Mississippi →176 casinos · 402 confirmed full-pay machines
Cardrooms concentrate full-pay 9/6 JoB; verify before driving — Bay Area reports rotate quarterly.
Open California →64 casinos · 148 confirmed full-pay machines
Lake Charles and Bossier City remain the strongest reporting regions; Shreveport coverage spotty.
Open Louisiana →71 casinos · 163 confirmed full-pay machines
Joliet, Aurora, and East Peoria are the standing strongholds; riverboat operations rotate pay tables.
Open Illinois →53 casinos · 119 confirmed full-pay machines
FPDW is the most-reported full-pay variant statewide; quarter denomination is the floor standard.
Open Indiana →44 casinos · 102 confirmed full-pay machines
Black Hawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek; mountain-town casinos post the strongest EV in the state.
Open Colorado →49 casinos · 97 confirmed full-pay machines
Recent category-4 expansion doubled listings in 12 months; reporting in progress.
Open Pennsylvania →38 casinos · 84 confirmed full-pay machines
Tribe-operated properties dominate; Phoenix and Tucson metro areas well-covered.
Open Arizona →34 casinos · 71 confirmed full-pay machines
St. Louis riverboats and the Kansas City corridor; Super Aces reports increasing in 2024.
Open Missouri →All 38 covered states are accessible from the live database. Counts above reflect casinos with at least one verified full-pay terminal in the current reporting window.
Open the Database
1,840 casinos. Filter by state, variant, denomination, and minimum pay table.
Pull up the last-reported pay tables for your route before you drive. Filter by your game, your denomination, and the EV floor you're willing to accept — then sort by date so the freshest reports surface first.
Or open the free trainer to drill optimal strategy on the variant before you drive out.
Operational Notes
The questions a serious player asks before relying on the data.
- How often is the database refreshed?
- Every entry is targeted for re-verification at least once every 90 days. High-traffic states (Nevada, Iowa, Oklahoma, Mississippi, California) are re-checked monthly. If a row hasn't been re-verified inside the 90-day window, it is flagged "stale" in the live view and a reporter is dispatched.
- Who are the volunteer reporters, and how are they vetted?
- The network is recruited through long-time readers and advantage-play circles. Every reporter submits a sample report (with photo and machine serial) before being added. Reports are cross-checked against each other for any casino where two reporters overlap — disagreements get a third visit before the row publishes.
- What does "full pay" mean on this site?
- It means the pay table on the glass is the published optimal-pay version of that variant — 9/6 for Jacks or Better, 25/15/9/5/3 for Deuces Wild, 7/5/4/3/2 for Super Aces Bonus, etc. — and the math behind it has been verified against Bob Dancer, Jean Scott, and the Wizard of Odds methodology. We don't use the phrase loosely.
- How do I submit a casino that's missing, or report a stale row?
- Email [email protected] with the casino name, city, state, and (ideally) a photo of the pay-table glass. A regional reporter will confirm within 30 days; you'll be credited on the row when it publishes. We do not accept reports from anonymous submissions.
If you or someone you know struggles with gambling, contact 1-800-GAMBLER or the National Council on Problem Gambling. Video poker is negative EV at most pay tables; we say so plainly.