New: (6) $5 : 99.54% JoB, 99.17% BP high limit area

New: (10) 25¢ : 98.48% BP non-smoking section

New: (10) 25¢ : 98.48% BP near gift shop

New: (10) $1 : 98.25% Ace$ in two banks near poker room

Player's Club Update

MIA: (1) $100 : 99.54% JoB near the high-limit cage

New: $50 : 99.66% BP in Player's Reserve (high limit)

Player's Reserve is the new name for high limit area.

New number - (3) $25 : 99.17% BP near the high-limit cage

New Location/Notes; New number; New Machine Type - (6) $5 : 99.73% NSUD, 99.54% JoB about 40 feet from poker room and one row from right wall

Harrah's has expanded their Cherokee casino and doubled the amount of slots. All of the new slots (about 500 new machines) are NOT VP and the VP that was there have been changed for the worse.

MIA - All 8/5 97.30% JoB progressives.

Slot club operates on a "Don't ask, don't tell" basis. The amount of coin-in required to earn
bonus reward credits varies, depending on machine played and whether you win or lose.
Harrah's FAQ

The best machines I have found are located close to the back entrance (away from buffet) to high limit room. There are four right outside the entrance and six or eight in a circle right inside the entrance. Many of dollar games have close to a 98% payback. The best is probably a version of 9/5 DDB that pays 400 for four of a kind (5-k) with an ace kicker. These machines have a $2 (75-45) version of NSUD. At $5 the machines have full pay NSUD and JOB. Right inside the back entrance to casino (on way to hotel) there are about 16 fifty cent 8-5 DDB machines linked together that have fast moving progressives on all four of a kind and the royal. It does not take much for these to become the best play in house.

Here is an update on the machines: 9/6 JOB – (1) $100 slant-top in high-limit Area 8/5 BP – (2) $25 slant-tops in high-limit Area 7/5 BP – (2) $5 slant-tops in high-limit Area 6/5 JOB Progressives - .25 machines scattered throughout the casino- rarely positive (takes $2.00 or 8-coins to reach the progressive level) 7/5 & 8/5 JOB Progressives - .50 and 1.00 machines scattered throughout the casino, both take $4.00 to reach the progressive level (8-coins at .50 and 4-coins at 1.00) Each bank of the progressives had different royal amounts. Be sure to check around. Amazingly, people were playing machines in the same areas with widely different royal amounts. We found one 7/5 JOB with an $8200 progressive. If I calculated that correctly it was just under 100% (remember it only takes $4 and not $5 to qualify for the progressive). My friend and I lost $400 each chasing it over the one night we stayed. We both put on around 1,000 tier- points. These machines are very annoying (and slow), because you have to press "Accept Win" (or "Double-Up") after each win. Found what was listed as 8/5 BP in .25 upright (GameKing I believe), but was not the usual BP. The only difference in BP and JOB on this machine was 150 coins for any four-of-a-kind on BP. People were playing 8/5 JOB instead of BP, which made no sense. The BP didn't have any of the normal four-of-a-kind breakdowns, only an increase to 150. The hotel was very nice and the café breakfast was excellent. We didn't eat anywhere else. The diamond lounge had food after 3:00 on weekdays and we nibbled there. I'm Diamond status and requested a comped room from Dean Haney. His email address is [email protected]. A friend referred him to me. He was great! Came down and met us that evening (he was working 6pm-3am). He even tried to get me a comped room in Vegas during the NCAA basketball final four weekend, when I only had paid room offers.