McPhillips Station Casino

McPhillips Station Casino is located on the outskirts of Winnipeg, around four kilometres north of the city centre. You can take the 33 bus downtown and the journey takes roughly 30 minutes. Winnipeg has an international airport which is just a fifteen minute drive to the west of the casino and there is free parking available for up to 900 cars on site at the casino.

Games

800 slot machines fill the gaming floor at McPhillips, with denominations ranging from a penny to $100 per spin although 200 of the machines are at the lower end of the spectrum taking either one or two cents. All the machines have ticket in, ticket out technology with a number of redemption terminals making playing – and winning – very easy.

The casino claims that “variety is the name of the game” and they hold true to this offering a fine variety of table games, including blackjack, baccarat, roulette and pai gow, as well as full keno facilities and five bingo sessions per day. They also offer a number of blackjack and baccarat variants too so you certainly won’t lack for choice. If you want to play poker just let a staff member know and you can enter the poker room where you can play $1 and $2 no limit Texas hold ‘em cash games as well as Sit ‘n Go tournaments. There are also weekly turbo and re-entry tournaments on Mondays and Wednesdays respectively with $40 and $60 buy ins. Poker is growing in importance for the casino and in April 2015 the casino hosts the PlayNow Poker Championship, with an estimated prize pool of $600,000!

Restaurants & Bars

Michelle’s restaurant has been open since 1999 and boasts of its great food at great value. Happy hour is 4-7pm every day and the restaurant has weekly buffets as well as a la carte options. A lighter option is Dixie’s Lounge which prides itself on its finger food and entree dishes, they also have daily food and beverage specials.

For sports fans there’s the Upperdeck Sports Bar, kitted out with giant HD screens and pool tables. They also have happy hour from 5-7pm and run food and drink promotions on big game days. If you’re not a sports fan or just fancy a quiet drink, the Double Down lounge is a calmer affair with a view of the gaming floor and full food and drinks menu.

Entertainment

The casino runs a variety of events all of which are can be seen on the website’s online events calendar. Venues include all of the bars and entertainment varies from DJs to local music acts to live sports action and karaoke nights. For special occasions, including things like the Super Bowl, Thanksgiving or Chinese New Year, the casino invariably has some form of entertainment or event and, as said, the site has a handy calendar listing all of these enabling guests to plan a stay around an event or see what’s available when they happen to be in town.

Other Facilities

McPhillips has teamed up with Canad Inns destination centre to offer a stay and play package where each guest gets a $15 slot play voucher with their room. This is available for all seven of their Winnipeg locations. They also offer a useful Club Card loyalty scheme, group and tour discounts and number of lounges in which to relax.

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