There are more than a dozen casinos in South Korea, all but one are opened only to foreigners. There are three in Seoul if not mistaken – Seven Luck with two branches (in Jung-gu and Gangnam) and Walker Hill.
I’m a social gambler, normally visiting a casino 2-3 times a year. Not here to endorse gambling though, in fact it’s advisable to stay away from it if possible lol.
I ended up losing a bit after three visits to the Seven Luck casinos during my Seoul visit, but their hospitality mesmerised me – where patrons are treated like VIP with free food, free drinks (served to the table) and great customer care.
With all the pampering I thought I was living in a rich man’s world for a few moments lol, but reality is that nothing came free in this world… unfortunately some people would have to pay a high price on the gaming tables (and some would lose more than just $) to learn the fact.
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Just curious — what were the table bet minimums and maximums for the games?
And do they have hot looking waitresses like in vegas? :)
If I remember correctly roulette is 2500W (~US$2.50) min and card games 50000W (~$50) min. Can’t remember the max.
Haven’t been to Vegas, so I can’t really compare. Most of the staff look ok with a few pretty ones, but the attire is conservative… so don’t expect any bunny type of girls :)
So we could hang around the casino for free food…
but we might need to pay a lot if our hand is itchy
They’ll cross check one, first off the food must be ordered from the gambling table… so the guests will have to at least gamble a bit.
Whether we’ll pay a lot depends on our self-discipline and luck lor. The minimum bet isn’t too high in Seven Luck, so the damage won’t be too huge if we are just there to have some fun.
have you been to the singapore casinos yet?
Nope. Singapore’s accommodation damn expensive… I would rather save on that and buy a flight ticket to somewhere else.
How about you? Been there, done that?
i’ve been to the sands only. its new so look quite good lah.
If you are doing bunisses with this man name CHOI IN HO (LAS). You must becareful becourse this man is a swindler and a cheater. He went to Poi-Pet and cheated a lost of juncket there.
do you have to play in won?
can you play in USD? I mean like in US dollar chips?
kib… you have to play in won. They have currency exchange service, you can get the won chips with USD at the table.
I went here a long time ago,
We were playing roulette.
A Chinese Couple were at the table with us and we won pretty big.
(They had a few hundred on one number and it hit)
After distributing the winnings the dealer stopped the game and demanded a tip from them.
It was very awkward, but she alter told us that if she does not demand it the Chinese will not tip.
Yeah, saw that too, and awkward indeed. Personally I would prefer to tip when I leave the table (if I’m winning) and not after each hand.
She was probably right that Chinese won’t tip though, if she didn’t ask for it. Not sure if the Chinese are especially stingy or not, but many Asian gamblers are used to no-tipping tables (casinos won’t allow even if we want to).