If you are from Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge or surrounding areas, you are likely familiar with the Elora Racetrack slots. This was one of the last operations to finally go "coinless". There are approximately 200 machines, so it is a rather small, rectangular sized room. There is one set of cashiers at on the back wall. There is one of each machine ... mostly multi-line nickels (which is the lowest denomination). There are some linked progressives here (Bally's QUARTERMILLIONS machines). This is primarly an IGT shop, however, there is a sampling of Konami, Aristocrat and WMS machines. There are a number of the "luke warm" WMS single line machines (quarter and dollars) ... and a group of "pathetic" Bally multi-lines (quarters and dollars) which are self-contained progressives which play a lot like making paint dry (does Bally really lack the ability to close the technology gap).

Elora was likely just not built large enough for the demand in the area. There is plenty of variety as long as you like multi-line machines. If you like large denomination machines, there is not much variety here. The restaurant is nice -- it's best described as small and tasteful. Don't look for the machines to turn over very often here ... but there are plenty of favourites here.

Overall ... it's a nice place, decent selection for the size ... great ... as long as your expectations are not too high.

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