On November 5th 2008 Gateway Casinos closed their old Burnaby location and opened the new Casino, now The Grand Villa, across the street from the old location.

Although it was crowded, drafty and somewhat rundown, Burnaby Gateway had the advantage of being the only casino in BC with a six deck shoe, hand shuffled.

That's over. The new version...if you want my opinion on that let me know...only has CSMs. In these very precarious economic times it remains to be seen if this move will pay off. The same company opened a new casino last December called the Starlight with CSMs and higher limits and it's empty a lot of the time.

So drop around anytime you want but don't expect advantage play.