Casinos by state
Casinos in Illinois: all 27 locations, mapped
Illinois has 27 land-based casino properties in this directory, 3 of them in DeKalb. Every row below is a real place with sourced coordinates. Sort by name, city or hours, or open the map to see how far each one is from where you are.
- 27
- Properties
- 21
- Towns with one
- 7
- Publish opening hours
- 16
- With an official site
All 27 casinos in Illinois, sorted the way you need them
The full list rather than a top ten with the rest left off. It arrives alphabetically; press a column heading to sort by city, or by whether hours are published — useful when you are deciding tonight rather than planning a weekend. 16 of them publish an official site we can link and 7 publish opening hours.
- 7 of 27publish opening hoursThe rest show "not published" rather than a guess.
- 16 of 27have an official site on fileWhere one exists it is the last word on hours and age.
- 2 of 27publish round-the-clock hoursThe Las Vegas default does not hold everywhere.
What Illinois's 27 rows carry beyond a name and a location. Anything not sourced is left blank rather than filled in.
| Official site | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| American Place Casino | Waukegan | Not published | Visit the official site of American Place Casino |
| Argosy Casino Alton | Alton | Not published | Visit the official site of Argosy Casino Alton |
| Bally's Chicago | Chicago | 24/7 | Visit the official site of Bally's Chicago |
| Bally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel | Rock Island | Not published | Visit the official site of Bally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel |
| Betsy's Slots | Naperville | Not published | Visit the official site of Betsy's Slots |
| Casino Queen | East St. Louis | Not published | — |
| Golden Nugget | Danville | Su-Sa 08:00-04:00 | Visit the official site of Golden Nugget |
| Grand Victoria Casino Elgin | Elgin | Not published | Visit the official site of Grand Victoria Casino Elgin |
| Hard Rock Casino Rockford | Rockford | Not published | — |
| Harrah's Joliet | Joliet | Not published | Visit the official site of Harrah's Joliet |
| Harrah's Metropolis | Metropolis | Not published | Visit the official site of Harrah's Metropolis |
| Hawthorne Smoke Shop | Chicago | Not published | — |
| Hollywood Casino Aurora | Aurora | Not published | Visit the official site of Hollywood Casino Aurora |
| Hollywood Casino Joliet | Joliet | 24/7 | Visit the official site of Hollywood Casino Joliet |
| Jazzy's Spot | DeKalb | Mo-We 09:30-24:00; Th-Fr 09:30-01:00; Sa 10:00-01:00; Su 10:00-24:00 | Visit the official site of Jazzy's Spot |
| Jumer's Casino & Hotel | Rock Island | Not published | Visit the official site of Jumer's Casino & Hotel |
| Lucky Poker | DeKalb | Not published | — |
| Lucky Strike Gaming & Lounge | Lake Villa | Not published | — |
| Next Stop Gaming | Roscoe | Mo-We,Su 06:00-02:00; Fr-Sa 00:00-24:00; PH open; Th 06:00-24:00 | Visit the official site of Next Stop Gaming |
| Par-A-Dice Hotel and Casino | East Peoria | Not published | — |
| Penny's | DeKalb | Mo-Th 07:00-24:00; Fr-Sa 07:00-02:00; Su 11:00-24:00 | — |
| Rivers Casino | Des Plaines | Not published | Visit the official site of Rivers Casino |
| Rockford Casino | Rockford | Not published | — |
| Tracy's | Niles | Mo-Su 08:00-04:00 | — |
| Violet's Gaming Cafe | Glenview | Not published | — |
| Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort | Carterville | Not published | — |
| Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino | East Hazel Crest | Not published | Visit the official site of Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino |
Where the casinos in Illinois actually are
Casino density follows licensing and geography, not population, which is why the list below rarely matches a list of the state's biggest cities. These are the towns with at least one property in the directory, biggest first — the same properties as the map above, counted by the town each one gives.
Before you drive
How far apart the casinos in Illinois are
A list of 27 properties reads as a single answer, and it is not one: the question a reader arrives with is how long the drive is, and in Illinois that depends entirely on which end of the state they start from. These figures come from the same coordinates the table and the map use — straight-line miles, so treat them as the floor of a drive rather than its length.
Most of the state is effectively one destination: 14 of the 27 properties are within fifty miles of DeKalb, so a reader anywhere near it has a choice rather than a journey.
Illinois by distance
- End to end, furthest two
- 368 mi
- Within 25 miles of DeKalb
- 3 of 27
- Towns holding half of them
- 8
- Furthest from that cluster
- 331 mi
Straight-line distance between the two properties furthest apart in the state.
14 of 27 are inside fifty miles.
Half of Illinois's 27 properties sit in just 8 towns; the rest are spread across 13 more.
Harrah's Metropolis in Metropolis — the one that will not fit into a day trip from DeKalb.
Who runs the casinos in Illinois
11 of Illinois's 27 properties name an operator in the sources this directory is built from, which leaves most of the table blank on that column — blank rather than guessed at. Where the name is on record it answers the question a state list usually leaves open, which is who you are actually walking in to.
One of them is run by a tribal government, the one below:
- Hard Rock International
A tribal floor sets its own house rules above whatever the state requires, including the age at the door, which is why two casinos an hour apart can admit different people. The difference between tribal and commercial casinos is worth reading before a first visit.
The other operators named in the sources are Bally's Corporation, Blackhawk Restaurant Group, Caesars Entertainment, Hollywood Casino, J & K Ventures Gaming, Landry's, Inc., Rivers Casino, Wind Creek — named, not classified: a tribe's own development company does not always carry the tribe's name, so this page does not call anything commercial that the data has not said is. Where a property links an official site — 16 of 27 do — that site is the authority on hours, age and whether the floor is open tonight.
Casinos in Illinois: common questions
How many casinos are there in Illinois?
This directory lists 27 land-based casino properties in Illinois, built from OpenStreetMap and Wikidata. That is what can be sourced today rather than an official count — a state regulator counts licences, and one licence is not always one building.
Which city in Illinois has the most casinos?
DeKalb, with 3 of the 27 properties listed here. The rest cluster around Chicago, Joliet, Rock Island, Rockford.
Are the opening hours on this page reliable?
7 of the 27 properties publish hours we can source; the rest show "not published" rather than a guess. Hours change for holidays and refurbishments, so the official site — linked in the last column where one exists — is the last word.
How far apart are the casinos in Illinois?
368 miles separate the two furthest-apart properties, measured straight-line from their own coordinates. 3 of the 27 are within 25 miles of DeKalb and 14 within fifty, so the practical answer depends on which end of Illinois you start from — the furthest from that cluster is Harrah's Metropolis, 331 miles out.
Are the casinos in Illinois tribal or commercial?
Of the 11 properties here that name an operator, 1 is run by a tribal government — which sets its own house rules, including the minimum age, above whatever the state requires. The rest either name an operator whose name says nothing about ownership or name none at all, and this page does not fill that in.
Can I see these casinos on a map?
Yes. The map on the home page holds every property in the directory and filters to Illinois; sharing your location ranks them by how far you actually have to drive.