Casino Royale is most famous for being the best low-roller casino on the "fabulous" Las Vegas Strip. They often have $5 minimum wagers for blackjack, craps and roulette. These minimum wagers may be equaled by other Vegas Strip casinos but are never bettered. Casino Royale also offers $1 Michelob beers which are about $4 or $5 less expensive than you’ll find at most Vegas Strip casinos. Their food court offers $2.50 foot-long hot dog is more than enough food to fill any human.
Casino Royale is also home to the busiest Denny’s restaurant in America. The only White Castle in Nevada is located inside Casino Royale and is on its way to becoming one of the franchise's best performers as well. There was a line about 20 people deep at 11 a.m. for sacks of sliders last Friday. The line for $1 beers was almost as long. You get the picture, Casino Royale is where people go for a moderately-priced experience on the Vegas Strip.
Enter the new sports bar and sportsbook. William Hill is known for allowing low minimum wagers. You can place a wager at a William Hill book for the price of two beers and less than a foot-long hot dog at Casino Royale.
The William Hill counter at the new bar at Casino Royale is located about 30 steps off the Vegas Strip. The sportsbook at the Cosmopolitan is closer to the street but the betting counter isn't this close. The close location to the Vegas Strip makes this your quickest option to place a wager and move on if you’re looking to enjoy Las Vegas before the game begins. If there’s a line to place a wager, you can just use the kiosk next to the bar and skip the wait.
This isn’t a traditional sportsbook. This is a bar with a sportsbook component. The bar has about 20 seats and 12 TVs in total. That’s 10 seats and six viewable TVs per side. Each bar seat has a video poker machine where you can enjoy complimentary drinks if you’re playing. You may get a drink ticket for your wagers but the prices are so low that you may not be too concerned.
The real low roller can drop $2 on a parlay of games, $1 on a beer and $2.50 on a foot-long and have all the action needed for a few hours in Vegas for $5.50. This isn’t a positive EV play but it might be the right kind of fun for someone looking to pass a few hours in Las Vegas.
If you're visiting Las Vegas for the first weekend of March Madness this is a great location to load funds into a William Hill app. You don't even have to wait in line or deal with a human, you can start an account at the kiosk. You'll need a valid ID and some cash and you're good to go.
More on Casino Royale
Construction isn’t complete at Casino Royale. Now that the new bar is open the old bar will be removed ($1 Michelob can be purchased at the new bar). The old bar space will be filled with additional table games. Details on which games will be available haven't been released but one more craps table would be nice.
The 100x odds make this one of the best, and busiest, craps games in Las Vegas. More tables would be great as the current ones are almost always packed. A timetable for demolition of the old bar and installation of the new tables hasn't been set. It wouldn’t be surprising if the casino floor renovations are completed sometime this summer.
The renovation of the bar and casino floor is just the latest update to Casino Royale. Last year saw the reopening of Denny's and the addition of White Castle and Walgreens.
