I've been a member of Belterra since the day they opened the doors. I live about 20 minutes away and can say that I have lots of experience with them. Belterra has changed for the worst in the past 6-8 months.

They only seem to be paying out to the high rollers. Then everyone else takes the loss. The comping is a joke. The only thing they give out for free anymore is the soft drinks and they're self-serve. I have not been in six months and I was a weekly regular. My suggestion on all accounts would be to go to Grand Victoria, it's only another 20 minutes away.

You would think that Belterra would want to keep their regular players but instead would prefer to give it to someone from out of state. All casinos change from time to time due to management and its just Belterras time. The atmosphere is tight, people are just tired of loosing. I have friends that still go and then want to complain. Best of luck if you decide to go.

I used to like Belterra because they have an outstanding progressive deuces wild  bank of video poker machines. The payback can get above 100% when the progressives get high enough.

The hotel rooms are excellent and the buffet is pretty good as well. They used to have very good cash and buffet comps so this made the casino one of my favorites.

However, they have changed the comp scheme so you need to play about $10,000 to get a free buffet particularly if you play video poker. They always had a snippy attitude at the players club but I think it has gotten downright snotty lately.

So in spite of the good deuces wild video poker machines, I never go back there any more. I can't believe that they think you need to lose thousands of dollars to qualify for 2 lousy buffets.