The Siena Casino closed June 30, 2015. The hotel and restaurants remain open.

Nov. 28 2012, Siena has the $200 loss refund(free play) guarantee for first 24 hours play by NEW players. Sign up as a new player. Play the $1x5 FP JOB... til you loose $200 or win some amount to go home happy. If you loose you get 1/2 of the free play rebate of your up to $200 loss as soon as you check into the players club after your guaranteed 1st 24 hour period has ended. You don't get the final 1/2 free play until the next day so you need 3 playing days to play and get the full rebate. The 3rd day rebate actually kicks in at midnight so if your schedule is tight you can actually squeeze through this playing deal in just 2 evening visits if you stay past midnight on the 2nd day.

Casino was sold at auction on 11/10/10. New owner is Grand Siena LCC.
See LRVJ article and KTVN here.

Siena in Reno closes casino - hotel and restaurants remain open.
News Story here.

A recent quick check of the inventory shows many machine changes. NSUD is gone and most (all?) of the 9/6 JOB. The Siena is undergoing many changes and unfortunately the playable machines have taken a hit.

*** MIA - *** (3) 25c (10-coin) 10/6 DDB just west of table games (small sign on top of machines indicating 100% VP). (3) $1 (10-coin) 9/6 JoB PROG (RF) in high-limit area.

Siena now has 25c 10 coin 10/6 DDB (100.07%) in 3 machines located just west of the table games. You must play 10 coins to get full pay as the 5 coin RF is only 1500 credits. There's a small sign on top of the machines indicating 100% VP.

Still one of the few Reno casinos with actual cashback. The quad cash bonus continues which requires max coin in, and is $2 on $.01/$.10 games, $5 on $.25/$.50 games, $10 on $1/$2 games, and $25 on $5-$25 games (excluding deuces or jokers and 50/100 play machines). Double quad bonus on sundays and 5x pts on mondays has been reinstated. Double comps on tuesdays and wednesdays.

*** MIA - *** (8) $1 (10-coin) 9/7 DB PROG in high-limit area near slot club (3) 25c/50c/$1 (10-coin) 9/6 JoB MG/MD IGT machines near the cashier. 25c 8/5 BP uprights near the hotel end of the casino. (3) 25c/50c/$1 (3/5 Play) 8/5 BP uprights near the Contrada coffee shop. (4) 25c/50c/$1 (3 Play) 8/5 BP uprights near the bacarrat tables.

*** MIA - *** (8) $1 (10-coin) 9/6 JOB PROG in high-limit area near slot club

*** MIA - *** 5c (10-coin) NSUD PROG (4) 25c (10-coin) 10/7 DB MG/MD slant-tops near the video poker bar.

*** MIA - *** (4) 5c/10c/25c PKM Game Makers near the hotel entrance. (4) 25c PKM Game Maker slant-tops near the hotel entrance.

While the comp formula may have changed (we haven't actually seen evidence that it's different), as of very recently cashback was the same as before. The main thing that's new is that you can now cash out your comps, depending on your tier level. The tier levels are new. Platinum players can cash out $3 in comps for $1 cash, Gold players can cash out $4 in comps to get $1 cash, Bronze players can cash out $5 in comps for $1 cash, and all other players can cash out $6 in comps for $1 in cash. There are limits on amount you can cash out in a day, and you must maintain a minimum comp balance (differemt for each tier level), i.e. you can't drain your comp account completely to zero by cashing it out. The tier level requirements are quarterly, and are: 5000 pts for Bronze, 10000 pts for Gold, and 20000 pts for Platinum. Points accrue at 1/$7 slot action and 1/$14 VP action. Table game and Keno players also have formulas for tier status.

Interesting developments at Siena: since they are converting their inventory to TITO, they hand pay on many (what seemed like most) machines. This can be a disadvantage for players who like to jump from game to game frequently. Also, they pay a bonus for each full pay quad. The amount differs for each denomination, $2 on a quarter game. I don't play wild card games, but I'm sure the quad must be natural to qualify. Finally, the folks at the slot club told me that they have changed the cashback/comps formula, and it seems less generous now. I live in Virginia Beach but will be back in Reno this July and can investigate more fully at that time.

I have been playing one day/month putting 1000 points on the card ($14K coin in) and I receive a coupon for two free nights twice a month, their bonus cashback promotion, and also in a separate mailing two 5X points days/month with BB between $50-$100. Other special event offers as well. (Twice a month=two designated periods, i. e. first half/second half) You accumulate comps at a pretty good rate for food. The coffee shop is way cheap, but Lexie's is more expensive and much improved with a new chef. At Lexie's your bill for two could be as much as $130 or so, more if you have a bottle of wine.