During the week of Jan 11/04, Woodbine converted the (19) $.50 Pickems in the nonsmoking area to $1.00 machines. The current inventory of PE at Woodbine is; Denom.    Quantity $0.25  -  21  - location details unknown. $0.50  -  12  " $1.00  -  56  " $2.00  -  12  " $5.00  -  17  " TOTAL  -  118  " RE: Promos, comps - Most if not all Winners Circle members receive Birthday and Christmas cards with bounceback coupons. Mine were for $25 and $50, although I understand they go as high as $500. Woodbine has no formal categories of Winners Circle members (gold/platimum/diamond, etc). However, they DO look after their heavy players. My best guesstimate is that you need to earn at least $425 monthly cashback to qualify. This equates to $100k monthly coinin. Every 2-3 months they send special invites to these players for lavish events. Some examples in the last year: - "Super Bowl Party" in the 3rd floor clubhouse area. - "Boys Night Out" at the trackside tent - bbq'd steak, lobster, Budweiser girls handing out Cuban cigars by the handful, etc. - Private box at Air Canada Centre for Raptors NBA game. They lay on the food, provide live entertainment, free open bar (anything you want), have free drawings for trips to Mexico, Dominica, etc, provide gifts for all attendees, and usually hand out TITO coupons for $10 or so good for horse betting.

I would like to provide you a little bit of additional info for the Woodbine database. I only play Pick'Em poker there {it is full pay.} I was there as recently as today and can definitely confirm that you get 1 point for $1 in, at least for the Pick'em and I see no reason for the other video poker games to be different. I have keep accurate records and for $19305 coin in I have obtained $70 in food comps. I think this works out to .3626%. There is no way to know what you are eligable for in the way of food comps, you just go to the slot club and ask. The booth people don't seem to have any discretion and definitely will not tell you what is unused or how much coin in is required to qualify for what, in fact I don't even think that they know themselves. I have only been refused once for a comp on my 12th visit out of 18 to date. I usually get the $8 breakfast buffet on Saturday or Sunday{the only days which it is available} which I would call equivilent to a low end Vegas breakfast buffet. I generally only play on weekends and can assure you that hopper fills and hand pays generally are unbelievably slow{ generally 20-45 minutes} and are always blamed on too many staff phoning in sick.

Mickey Mouse operation when compared to Vegas. Will not allow radio or CD player with earphones. Will not allow you to bring in a coffee from outside. Will not lock up any machines. Slow on handpays. Very loud machines. Very busy on weekends. Busy on weekdays. 1 restaurant with some reasonably priced specials and an overpriced buffet ($18 for lunch comp). The whole facility is kept clean and they have a fair sized non smoking section.

) about 5 0.25 full-pay PKM and about 8 $1.00 full-pay PKM. More info about Ontario gaming facilities can be found at http://www.olgc.ca/ .