I had to chuckle as the gambler next to him was not the least bit interested in the inner workings o

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Although containing only 1400+ acres, the Yavapai-Prescott tribe has done well within that small amount of land.  Originally, plaza hotel its economy consisted of timber, mining and agriculture along with a sand and gravel company.
The larger of the two gaming facilities, Bucky’s Casino sits atop a hill adjacent, and directly connected to the Prescott Hotel and Conference Center. The view from atop the hill is incredible which is attractive for hotel guests, but not so much for casino patrons who probably aren’t that enthralled plaza hotel by the view.
The casino is unique to others we have seen in the last few weeks in that a closed double door connects the hotel to the gaming floor.   Elsewhere, plaza hotel the hotel to casino entrances have been large and free flowing with no forbidding access.  (There are also two outside entrances directly into the casino).  The answer might lie in the fact that the hotel is a non-smoking plaza hotel property and the narrow hallway that connects from the front desk to the casino is much closer than the other properties plaza hotel we have seen.
As I walked in from the hotel entrance, I was greeted by a security guard, another startling plaza hotel addition to what I had seen over the last several weeks.  Guards were transparently scattered throughout the facility.  Maybe it was the smaller size of the casino that made them that much more visible, but I don’t recall feeling “watched” by humans as much as I did at Bucky’s.
I had the opportunity plaza hotel to actually see inside of a gaming machine as one was being repaired.  The internal electronics and maze of wiring was amazing.  This was nothing like the old “one-armed bandits” with the pull arms.  It was interesting that the maintenance plaza hotel tech was still working inside the machine when I made my way back around to that area.  He even seemed a little baffled by all of the electronics himself.
I had to chuckle as the gambler next to him was not the least bit interested in the inner workings of the identical machine on which he was playing.  It was his steely focused gaze on the screen of his own machine that was almost scary!
I will have to say that Bucky’s is a much more intimate casino atmosphere than any I had encountered in the last few weeks as it does not have high ceilings, huge gaming floors and non-smoking gaming areas.