text: If a clean inexpensive room right on the centre of the strip sounds like long odds then check out the Casino Royale Just four floors tall this very basic hotel and casino is a gem No wait for elevators No need to walk a quarter mile to get outdoors You can leave your room and be at the craps table or walking on the strip in about seconds nnThe rooms are spartan all right But they all have hot and cold running water a shower a fridge a bed or two coffee maker and a retro TV Rates are typically well south of per night Did I tell you that there is free parking Did I mention that you can lay down a bet on the craps table and back it up with huge odds nnWell OK the Casino Royale is a bit tattered and tired but that is the charm And if you go through a nitpicky check list item by item you will probably come up with an AOK three star rating But factor in the value the location and the convenience and it just begs for that fourstar payoffnnSome day in the nottoodistant future the Fine Casino Royale will be imploded and a megacasinohotel will rise from the dust But until it becomes a Vegas memory the odds are in favour of my staying at the Casino Royalenext time and every time