Regardless my wife and I had an excellent time at the hotel, buffet and casino. I guess they need to recover their money some way - LOL. The slots were not too kind to us during this visit. See my review of the buffet but it was very much improved from our last visit and the price - assuming you use the players card - is very reasonable, actually a very good deal. We typically stay in Hilton properties 50 - 60 days out of the year and Las Vegas properties another 10 - 20 nights per year but Choctaw certainly matches our typical hotel and most of the Las Vegas type casino hotels. Easy check-in, valet parking first impressions were wonderful. What a great room, comfortable bed, excellent bathroom/shower, very good wifi, clean and well maintained - what more can we ask. I probably would not have considered coming here but. First and foremost let me preface this review by saying we had complimentary rooms.