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About the Backup Bench
The Backup Bench is the collective name that writes and signs Plan B, a guide to nine casinos and their plans B. Each Metro Vancouver casino has its own page, and no page on the site carries a personal byline.
By the Backup BenchChecked October 8, 2026
Why Plan B exists
Metro Vancouver's nine casinos keep different hours and offer different things. Hastings Casino closes at 12 AM from Sunday to Thursday, while Parq Casino is open 24 hours a day. Some have a poker room, a hotel or a racebook. So the answer to where else changes with the hour and with what you need.
The Backup Bench writes Plan B to answer that question from published facts. The needs it answers include open at this hour, live tables now, a poker room, a hotel on site and a racebook. Free parking and a SkyTrain station within 1 km count too. For each need, the guide names the nearest other casino in a straight line that has it, then a second option.
How the facts are checked
Facts on this site were checked on October 7 and 8, 2026. Distances are straight lines between map coordinates, computed by the guide. They are not driving or walking distances, and the site gives no travel times. Silence never counts as yes. If a casino publishes nothing about a need, the guide lists nothing and never offers that casino for it.
Where a casino's pages give different figures, the figure is left out or the page says they differ. The full method is set out on the page How a plan B is worked out.
Independence and paid links
Plan B is a guide, not a casino, and it takes no bets and has no accounts. Only the home page carries paid links, marked Ad, and all of them lead to the same online casino partner. The site earns a commission, and the partner can change. Inner pages, this one included, carry no paid links. Casinos, operators, BCLC, PlayNow and help services never pay the site.