With the children entertained by all the fun activities and medieval themed atmosphere, there will be plenty of time for gambling. Excalibur offers tons of games and the casino is much bigger than you would expect for a family-oriented hotel. Bet minimums are usually upwards of $5. Excalibur offers a wide variety of penny slots as well as lots of video poker slots. When it comes to comps, the MGM Grand slot club is accepted at Excalibur and those betting enough will get free meals and discounted rooms. Another fun part of this casino is the entertainment. Performers dressed in renaissance clothing are often walking around entertaining guests in the casino. Roulette is very popular at the Excalibur; the casino offers $1 chips with a minimum of $5. The roulette tables at Excalibur are almost always filled with first time gamblers who come to test the waters with low minimum bets.

The sportsbook is located off of the main casino floor next to the Sherwood Forest Café. Sports fans can grab a bite to eat and take it over to the sports book to watch the game. The race and sports book has 36 TVs. There are also 33 plasma TVs that are 50-inch or larger. There are also 130 seats for those betting. The casino is also generous with comped drinks when it comes to the sportsbook and guests won’t have to go far to get them. There is bar located right inside the sportsbook and cocktail waitresses will even bring you food from the room service menu. These are just a few of the reasons why the Excalibur can get packed during big events like the Kentucky Derby, the Final Four, and Super Bowl Sunday. Minimum bets for sports are $5, and $2 for racing. On Sundays and Mondays enjoy great drink specials at Dick’s Last Resort during football games. The restaurant is located right off the casino floor and fans will often place their bets in the sports book and then go to Dick’s to enjoy the sports bar atmosphere. Overall, the sports book seems really upscale for this mid-priced hotel and the truth is that the sports book is one of the first things at the Excalibur to get a face lift and is only a small indication of good things to come.

Excalibur also offers a poker room with several Hold-em tables and even a few no-limit tables with $100 buy-ins. There are 12 tables total and about half of the tables are busy on most days. The casino also offers lessons for beginners at around 2 p.m. everyday. People enjoy coming to the poker room at the Excalibur because most of the players here are amateurs at the games tend to keep a light-hearted nature without intimidating new players. If new players shy away from the no-limit games, they should be able to have a great time without losing a ton of dough. On weekends, the poker room at Excalibur can get very busy so expect to wait in line, especially for low-limit Hold-em.