The Big Casino video was shot at the Las Vegas Neon Museum Boneyard in a single day (with a return for pickups at night), featuring the band playing among the yard's old billboards and casino neon signs. Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe said it wasn't as powerful as ' The Middle', but gave it praise for having 'a memorable guitar riff and into a massive chorus.' Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone was critical of the song's use of synths but still praised it as 'an exhilarating seize-what’s-left-of-the-day anthem.' Despite giving a negative review of the album and criticizing the track's lyrical missteps, Andrew Blackie from PopMatters called it 'a decent rocker with one of the best examples of a soaring ‘emo’ chorus of the year.' Music video A screen capture from the music video On Octothe song was physically released as a single. Some time after, it was added to a revamped Jimmy Eat World MySpace. The song premiered on Jimmy Eat World's official website, and the album Chase This Light's official new website. The song title is taken from the name of a side project of Jimmy Eat World singer Jim Adkins, titled Go Big Casino. The song impacted radio on September 11, 2007. The single was released on August 28, 2007. ' Big Casino' is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World from their sixth studio album Chase This Light, which was released on October 16, 2007.
