Eat lunch at a normal time (12:00-1:30 p.m.) then casually make your way to the casino. I would recommend waiting until after lunch. If you spend all day in there you’ll be drained and there’s a good chance your wallet will be too. Now, I don’t mean eat breakfast at 9:00 a.m. Here is my guide on how to gamble Cherokee, for beginners, from a beginner: And throughout my short time in the casino, I learned a few things that I will take back with me to my next visit. I had never been before, but really enjoyed my visit. And this is the reason we decided to visit. When people think of this town, named after the Cherokee tribe of Native Americans, they think of one thing: gambling. I made the trek to the far west corner of the North Carolina mountains recently to visit the town of Cherokee.