West Virginians are made to feel like members of the aristocracy when they visit Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack.
Aristocrat Gaming unveiled a prestigious gaming lounge at the casino in West Virginia on May 18, making it the largest in the WV-PA-OH region. Festivities ensued throughout the weekend, including two $150 cash giveaways every hour, free T-shirts, and $50 in free play for the first 100 lounge players.
Aristocrat Community hall has more compared to 100 slot machine game titles about demand
Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack is one of five commercial casinos in West Virginia. Four of these, including Wheeling Island, are racinos as they feature horse or dog racetracks. Wheeling Island boasts over 1,000 slot machines, several table games, and a poker room. Sports betting is also available at the Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack sportsbook.
The new lounge at Wheeling Island showcases some of Aristocrat’s most popular retail and online slot machines in West Virginia, including Buffalo Gold and Dragon Link. Betting options range from one cent to $5.
During the grand opening of the lounge, Wheeling Island President and General Manager Kim Florence expressed her excitement, saying:
“Everyone is loving this. The space is completely transformed. It’s exciting, it’s energetic, and the games we have here are the most popular games you’ll find in the industry.”
Players have access to over 100 Aristocrat slot titles in the lounge. Other available games include Buffalo Prime, Dragon Link, Buffalo Gold Collection, Buffalo Grand, Super Link, Lightning Cash, and Lightning Cash Gold. The lounge also features a progressive jackpot, starting at $25,000, which is available to all players with a $1 bet. The response to the new lounge has been remarkable, according to Ariam Aponte, Slots Director at Wheeling Island.
“I am thrilled to finally be able to share this space with our guests and cannot wait to see the impact it brings. The level of excitement and anticipation is at an all-time high, and the response to the official launch has been nothing short of impressive.”
Community hall is truly extraordinary
Aristocrat’s lounge at Wheeling Casino is not the first of its kind, but it is still remarkable. Since January, Aristocrat has opened smaller concept lounges at Florida’s Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee and Mississippi’s Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.
The Seminole lounge features only two titles, Lightning Link and Dragon Link, while Beau Rivage offers the Buffalo series of titles. However, neither of them matches the size or variety of games offered at Wheeling.
With the lounge, Wheeling brings a major attraction from one of the industry’s leading providers. Aristocrat has been busy in recent months, signing deals with Penn Interactive, Caesars, and BetMGM through its online casino brand, Anaxi.
Kim Florence, the casino’s President, expressed excitement about offering a new gaming experience to customers:
“It has been in the works for a couple of months now, and it has truly been a true collaboration between Aristocrat Gaming and Wheeling Island. We couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome. It’s a fantastic space, one of its kind, and we are very fortunate to have it here in Wheeling, West Virginia.”
Hill Kerby comes from a background in poker, sports, and psychology. He brings all of that expertise into his writing, where he contributes articles on the growing legalized sports betting, casino, and gambling industry.
