Being from the Chicago area, we were in Breckenridge for "the skiing." But was intrigued to find out that there were legitimate casinos in Blackhawk, CO.
If you are "on vacation" and interested in visiting the casinos. Would highly recommend that you take advantage of this service.
The cost was $50.00, but when we arrived at the casino, the guide got us signed up with casino's player club and , with very little game play, got back $15.00 cash. And by playing roughly a 1/2 hour on slot machine, got a $10.00 gift certificate for food; which we ordered "to go" and enjoyed later in our room.
Here was the experience: Guide drives up to hotel and on your way to Blackhawk, the guide asks you what type of music you enjoy and starts telling you all about the landscape and landmnarks on the way. Soon, you'll notice that the background music has been customized for the guest.
The trip took about an 1:15 from Breckenridge. At this point, the driver gave us roughly 5 1/2 hours to game (We pretty much hung out at the Mardi Gras Casinos)
When time came to return, driver was ready and waiting. Gave us more background history on the area as we drove home and all was great!
One last word of advice, even if you feel you want to remain longer at the casinos, you should take advantage of this service for "your first trip to Blackhawkl." I say this because, it is a pretty "mountainous journey" and not for the timid or, worse, person who had a couple of drinks in the casino trying to drive back home. That's just my advice =) read more