MIA - $1 full pay Pick'Em

As of Feb 27, 2009 only 6 full pay $1 Pick'Em machines remain at Rideau Carlton. They are right by the 'Admirals Club'. All the rest of the $0.25 and $1 machines are now the new HD versions but with the bad payscales.

MIA: as of Mar 27/09, all $0.25 full pay pick em and all but 6 $1 full pay pick em

Had to go to Ottawa for work last week. Figured i'd check out Rideau Carlton and update the database. They have a nice selection of Pick'Em with 25 $0.25 machines and 14 $1 machines. All full pay. You can use your regular Woodbine players card there to accrue points. The staff were extremely friendly too. The food is top notch, cheap ($9.99 buffet) and puts Woodbine Willows to shame in terms of variety. On Fridays the dinner even includes 1 free lobster per person! It was all comped for me of course.

Ottawa resident has confirmed that there are 12 not 6 full pay $1 Pick ‘Em slant top machines.

Rideau Carleton has 18 25c and 6 $1 slant top Multi-Game Game Makers with Full Pay Pick’Em. The .25 machines are TITO and are in 2 separate banks of 9. Backing one bank is another 9 .25 Game Makers which do not contain Pick’Em. The $ machines are in 1 back-to-back bank with 3 per side, and are not yet converted to TITO. There is no other playable VP. I could not get an answer about cashback or comps from slot club but for about 4 hours of full coin quarter play I received $13 cashback. I was there on Seniors Day (Tuesday) and there was a breakfast special, free pull and special draw for seniors. Locals had also received various amounts of comps/coin. I have received mail offers (poor) from prior play of a couple of hours per once/twice a year visits.

As of Feb 12, 2005 the Slots at Rideau Carlton Raceway outside of Ottawa had a large bank (maybe 12 machines?) of full pay Bally's Pick'em Gamemakers. They also had NO signs indicating any upcoming 'upgrades'. Finally, although it is about 4 hours away, you can use your Woodbine player's card at Rideau and accumulate points.

Had only a very short time here and played rather than explored so can't give a detailed report. The casino area is Las Vegas style and very nice. Most vp appeared to be poor schedules but there is one bank of $1 FP Pick'em and at least 2 banks of .25 FP Pick'em, all in Game Master slant tops. Game King machines had .25 8/5 JOB where up to 100 coins could be played and RF was at 800 for 1 coin. There were .05 Game Master(King?) machines but I don't know games/schedules because all were in use -- most on keno. There is cashback but I don't know percentage. The raceway is beyond the Ottawa transit system but they have added a shuttle which leaves Greenboro Station (near South Keys shopping center) every hour starting at 8:30 a.m.. The last shuttle leaves the Raceway at 1:00 a.m. We were there Sunday afternoon and had no problem getting a machine. I'm looking forward to a longer visit next time we're in Ottawa.