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The casinos surveyed were: Argosy's Empress Joliet, Grand Victoria Elgin, Harrah's Joliet and Hollywood Aurora. Only one property, the Grand Victoria, has $5 minimum tables, accessible usually until 4 pm. Hollywood and Empress contain a $10 minimum while Harrah's goes with $15.

This reality makes Northwest Indiana a much friendlier authority for average players since all five of the casinos offer $5 minimum games at various times.All of the casinos deal out of six-deck shoes with the exception of Hollywood, which only offers them in the high limit room while utilizing the a smaller amount player friendly eight-deck diversity everywhere else.

None of the properties in Northwest Indiana hit soft 17. repeated shufflers rapidity increase up the game by eliminating the break players get while waiting for the dealer to shuffle. Dealers shuffle the cards by hand at both Grand Victoria and Empress – advantage player. Harrah's has four mechanical shufflers. Harrah's has five tables with this technology, something serious players like to avoid.