Free gambling and welcome guides from Casino Niagara, 5705 Falls Avenue, Niagara Falls ON, toll-free (888) 946-3255, (905) 374-3598, fax (905) 374-1407 has a curious official website that starts out with a questionnaire.

What follows here is information their material doesn't stress.

You should be aware that:

The province of Ontario cuts off drinking at 2:00 a.m.

"Plenty of slots (3,000), not nearly enough blackjack tables (total gaming tables 123)," Americans complain.

Don't expect much in the way of entertainment.

The Billionaire's Club, for high rollers, requires minimum $100.00 bets at its tables at the top of the tower.

The casino has no hotel rooms, for which reason this map of nearby accommodations, all within a five minute walk, with their addresses and phone numbers to call to make reservations. There is very little reason to stay elsewhere, putting the car in a lot somewhere and taking a shuttle or cab. Rates around the casino are still unbelievably reasonable, from $49 Canadian on up.

• 1. Inn By The Falls Motel, 5525 Victoria Avenue, (905) 374-6040, (800) 263-2571.

• 2. Hampton Inn, 5591 Victoria Avenue, (905) 357-1626, (800) 426-7866

• 3. The Village Inn, 5685 Falls Avenue, (905) 374-4444, (800) 263-7135

• 4. Comfort Inn By The Falls, 5657 Victoria Avenue, (905) 356-2461, (800) 221-2222

  

• 5. Econo Lodge, 5781 Victoria Avenue, (905) 356-2034, (800) 424-4777

• 6. Comfort Suites Imperial Hotel, 5851 Victoria Avenue, (905) 356-2648, (800) 263-2553

• 7. Howard Johnson By The Falls, 5905 Victoria Avenue, (905) 374-4040, (800) 654-2000

• 8. Day's Inn Near The Falls, 5943 Victoria Avenue, (905) 374-3333, (800) 461-9944

  9. Venture Inn Niagara Falls, 4960 Clifton Hill (on a lane without a name along side Ripley's Believe It or Not), (905) 358-3293, (800) 263-2557

• 10.Casino Hill Top Motel, 4967 Clifton Hill (actually Oneida Lane By Burger King), (905) 354-5443, (800) 471-4913

• 11. Pilgrim Motor Inn, 4955 Clifton Hill, (905) 374-7777, (800) 471-4913

• 12. Niagara Clifton Motor Inn, 4943 Clifton Hill, (905) 356-8212, (800) 668-8840

• 13. Honeymoon City Motel, 4945 Clifton Hill, (905) 357-4330, (800) 668-8840

• 14. Quality Inn Fallsway, 4946 Clifton Hill, (905) 358-3601, (800) 263-7137

• 15. Skyline Foxhead Hotel, 5685 Falls Avenue (on the corner of Clifton Hill & Falls Avenue), (905) 357-3090, (800) 263-7135

• 16. Skyline Brock Hotel, 5685 Falls Avenue (on Falls Avenue, past the casino's atrium), (905) 357-3090, (800) 263-7135

• 17. Michael's Inn, 5599 River Road, (905) 354-2727, (800) 263-9390