New number - (5) 25c, 50c 1 Play : 99.54% JoB (2 panels say draw poker, 8 say Joker Wild Poker) just outside of B-bar entrance (2 panels say draw poker, 8 say Joker Wild Poker) just outside of B-bar entrance

Borgata charges $5 for parking. Free for Black cards.

25c 9/6 JoB: $1000 coin-in gets $3.00 in comps plus $1.50 in comps. $5 9/6 JoB: $1000 coin-in gets $2.50 in comps plus $1.25 in comps.

Borgata still has a lot of 9/6 JOB but they have a lot of short pay mixed in as well.

Borgata seems to have removed a lot of its 25 cent 9/6 machines.

*** MIA - *** (6) 25c MG 9/6 JoB uprights (Panel says Draw Poker) between buffet & box office.

For denominations of a dollar or less, comp dollars are about .3% and slot dollars about .15%. Denominations of greater than a dollar, generally earn at a lower rate.

Technically, maintenance of Black Label after the first year requires that $1000 in comps be earned from play. If one sticks strictly to the most advantageous games -- pretty much defined as 9/6 Jacks, but it's possible that it's also true of 8/5 BP or 9/7 DB (or plays anything on multigames with qualifying games on them), the comp rate is currently .33%. Thus, it'll take $300K of annual play to meet that requirement ... a stringent threshold for a relatively casual quarter or halve player. However, there are reports of players being extended (for at least the second year) on as little as $400 earned comp dollars. There are also reports that Borgata will extend simply by presenting a renewed premium card from another casino (or a dated letter documenting access to a premium players lounge in some cases where premium cards aren't issued). Given that other casinos (including Harrah's) extend premium status on a fraction of the Borgata 9/6 Jacks requirement, I've expected the ranks of Black Label players to swell. However, if anything, the lines have become shorter now that they're moving into their 3rd year of operation. Borgata play economics and appeal are such that many of the more active AC players either find other more advantageous plays elsewhere (particularly as Borgata cb/comps have thinned with time) or are simply put off by Borgata's relatively "snooty" atmosphere, preferring more down to earth digs. I consider Black Label indispensable and the place intolerable without it. Black label lines at check-in, the players card desk, and the casual restaurants (coffee shop and buffet) are a fraction of the standard lines. At peak hours it's not unusual for the standard lines to entail a 20 to 30 min. wait. The Black Label lines rarely require more than 5 min. and at all but the very peak of times it's not uncommon to simply walk up and be served (providing all the vain ego boost of sauntering past the long buffet lines at Bellagio with a line pass. Black Level Perks - Free parking, a big one in and of itself. - Primary seating at ALL the casual restaurants. Since the lines can get quite long, this is nothing to scoff at. - Special lines for hotel check-in and the My Borgata club center. Did you ever look at the line of people waiting to check in on a busy night? You can bypass that with a Black Label card. - More mail offers than you know what to do with. I get an offer for free rooms, Sunday through Friday, twice a week. EVERY WEEK, if I want it, which I don't because I'm a local. - Mail offers for free slot play on a given day, free comp dollars (becoming rare), entries into drawings and slot tournaments. (They're a zoo. I usually don't even bother. The line to do last Friday's slot tourney was an hour and a half. With 22 prizes, I said f--- it, and hit the casino.) - Offers for multiple "cashback," actually free slot play. It's been 4X every day in February and March, now it's 3X for April. Every day in the time period. My free slot play bucks are adding up quickly. - Access to the Amphora Lounge. They take $10 off your comp account and you get a nice buffet and open bar. My 24-year-old nephew loved the latter when I took him there. - If you don't want the booze, you can get a yummy buffet for 10 comp dollars. It's actually food you want to eat, not just to fill your stomach. - Getting treated like a friggin' king or queen.

The $1   9/6 JoB PROG are MIA.

Borgata has 12 full pay 25c AA near the Amphora Lounge and 5 near the box office.

All of the AA are reported as MIA.

Borgata has $2 and $5 9/6 on multi-denomination games. They might even have some $10 and $25 but I cannot confirm that right now.

I was at the Borgata on January 27th. The only 9/6DDB VP machines I located were Multi-Strikes. The B-bar no longer has DDB. The one's scattered around the casino were shorted to 9/5. And the DDB progressive bank was set to a ridiculously low payout schedule of 7/5 which equals a whopping 95.7120% return with perfect play.

Takes about $24000 coin-in to get a weekend room comp and about $15000 for a weekday comp.

9/6 JOB inventory - There is one bank of six 25c machines near the buffet entrance and then nearby another six 25c machines. (I have not been able to find any other quarter machines other than the B-Bar and a couple of other people have not been able to as well.) As to the $1 machines near the high-limit area, there are three and they are $1/$2. There is also $2 in the high-limit area. Not sure about higher denominations in there since that is my current maximum level. A new addition is two $1/$2 multi-game machines with JOB in front of the main cashier at the end of one of the rows that say "Super Bonus Deuces". There is also two $1/$2 machines near the progressive machine in back of the B-Bar.