MontBleu Resort Casino is now known as Bally’s Lake Tahoe Casino Resort.

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Tropicana Entertainment.

$1 98.45% JoB 3/5 play in center of casino and in high limit room

Players card system change. MontBleu has now changed over to the Tropicana system. I believe this information is correct: •Trop Advantage: •$1 coin-in = 1 point on Reels •$2 coin-in = 1 point on Video Poker •500 points = $1 cash back •Card levels earned every 6 months: •Earn Jan01->Jun30 benefit is Aug01->Jan31 •Earn Jul01->Dec31 benefit is Feb01->Jul31 •< 1000 pts = green •1000 pts = copper •10,000 pts = gold •50,000 pts = platinum •250,000 pts = black

They have two levels of cards and used to allow you to get two free concert tickets with the high (Royalbleu) level. Now they claim they never did that and its all based on current play. In fact I was told that I really wasn't Royalbleu eventhough I was looking at the card 'cuz I had played in the last month.

*** MIA - *** (4) $1/$2/$5 MD 9/6 JoB uprights just up the stairs from the sportsbook/poker area, across from Opal.

Lake Tahoe Horizon - Monte Blu: Can now exchange comps between the two casinos ($50 and up only). Bonus points program still alive at Horizon. -Horizon LDW still there.

There are (4) $1/$2/$5 JOB uprights up the stairs from the sportsbook/poker area, across from Opal.

*** MIA - *** (9) $1 MG/MD 9/6 JoB Game King and “MontBleu Keno” near Sportsbook. (4) $1/$2/$5 MG/MD 9/6 JoB Game King uprights near the player’s club.

*** MIA - *** (2) $1 MG/MD (50 Play) 9/6 DDB uprights on main floor by Del Sol restaurant.

Same reduction in cash back as the Horizon across the street. It now takes $3 for 1 point reducing cash back to 0.167% Both Montbleu and Horizon were offering $15 in free play for new card members who earned 25 points ($75 coin in). The VP comp rate is 0.25%.

*** MIA *** (5) $5 MG/MD (3/5 Play) uprights on main floor in NE corner. *** MIA - *** $5/$10/$25/$100  9/6 JoB in high-limit area. $1 MG/MD 9/6 JoB slant-top bank along rail (marked Keno) near the slot club.

If you had a Caesar’s card, your data is still on file so it only takes 1 minute to get a MB card. However, you are not offered the $5 slot play or $10 table play that “new” members get. So don’t tell if they ask? Flyer says “most cash back on slot play of any gaming club in Lake Tahoe”. Need someone to report some hard data.

*** MIA - *** (9) 25c PKM Game Maker slant-tops near slot club.

Was at MontBleu 3/6 Mon for breakfast using up the comps earned under the Caesars Entertainment tenure. Have been in here several times ever since the sale to Horizon's parent & each time the inventory on the floor was being changed. So here's what I've been able to determine: -- Be sure to get a new card. The new cards look exactly like the old cards but have no "connection" to the Caesars/Harrahs slot programs. -- Changes will probably be finished by mid-summer which means any temporary inventory report is just that -- temporary. -- Poker room is being moved over from Horizon & will open up sometime this week. -- Only 2 dining areas now, the Roman Feast buffet/coffee shop & Broiler Room Steakhouse. Everything else is under renovation or gone. Subways is moving to Bill's, the small casino next door. -- Except for restaurant personnel, I haven't seen anybody that looks familiar. Normal MO for this company during new acquisition is to fire then reinterview & rehire. Guess they forgot to do step 2. -- This was the last Tahoe casino with banking slots & now those are gone. I won't miss them, but an era of high-% plays has passed. -- Haven't gone through the whole inventory but what's left isn't encouraging. No pick'em or FP games that I could find. -- The changes so far have been on main casino floor & areas adjacent to it. Old Sportsbook, Planet Hollywood area are under construction & old front & side entrance next to Bills are closed for now so entrance is thru the formal front entrance on US 50 or the side entrances next to parking lots. I think the changes are a plus but then any change to a long-ignored property is a plus. Changes have not yet extended to the back areas like the gift shop or the shops in back of it. All-in-all it's nice to see some money being put into renovation of a tired property.