Casinos by state
Casinos in Iowa: all 17 locations, mapped
Iowa has 17 land-based casino properties in this directory, 2 of them in Council Bluffs. 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.
- 17
- Properties
- 14
- Towns with one
- 2
- Publish opening hours
- 8
- With an official site
All 17 casinos in Iowa, 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. 8 of them publish an official site we can link and 2 publish opening hours.
- 2 of 17publish opening hoursThe rest show "not published" rather than a guess.
- 8 of 17have an official site on fileWhere one exists it is the last word on hours and age.
- 2 of 17publish round-the-clock hoursThe Las Vegas default does not hold everywhere.
What Iowa's 17 rows carry beyond a name and a location. Anything not sourced is left blank rather than filled in.
| Official site | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Queen | Marquette | Not published | — |
| Catfish Bend Casino | Burlington | Not published | Visit the official site of Catfish Bend Casino |
| Cedar Crossing Casino | Cedar Rapids | Not published | — |
| Diamond Jo Casino | Dubuque | 24/7 | Visit the official site of Diamond Jo Casino |
| Diamond Jo Casino – Worth | Worth County | Not published | Visit the official site of Diamond Jo Casino – Worth |
| Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City | Sioux City | Not published | — |
| Harrah's Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Not published | Visit the official site of Harrah's Council Bluffs |
| Horseshoe Council Bluffs | Council Bluffs | Not published | Visit the official site of Horseshoe Council Bluffs |
| Lady Luck Casino Marquette | Marquette | Not published | — |
| Lakeside Casino | Osceola | Not published | — |
| Meskwaki Casino | Montour | Not published | — |
| Prairie Flower Casino | Carter Lake | 24/7 | Visit the official site of Prairie Flower Casino |
| Prairie Meadows Racetrack | Altoona | Not published | Visit the official site of Prairie Meadows Racetrack |
| Q Casino | Dubuque | Not published | Visit the official site of Q Casino |
| Rhythm City Casino Resort | Bettendorf | Not published | — |
| Riverside Casino & Golf Resort | Riverside | Not published | — |
| Wild Rose Casino | Clinton | Not published | — |
Where the casinos in Iowa 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 Iowa are
A list of 17 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 Iowa 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.
There is no single centre here. The properties are spread widely enough that the nearest floor depends on where you already are, which is what the map on the home page is for — it ranks them by distance from your own location instead of by name.
Iowa by distance
- End to end, furthest two
- 319 mi
- Within 25 miles of Council Bluffs
- 3 of 17
- Towns holding half of them
- 6
- Furthest from that cluster
- 295 mi
Straight-line distance between the two properties furthest apart in the state.
3 of 17 are inside fifty miles.
Half of Iowa's 17 properties sit in just 6 towns; the rest are spread across 8 more.
Wild Rose Casino in Clinton — the one that will not fit into a day trip from Council Bluffs.
Who runs the casinos in Iowa
2 of Iowa's 17 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 Boyd Gaming — 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 — 8 of 17 do — that site is the authority on hours, age and whether the floor is open tonight.
Casinos in Iowa: common questions
How many casinos are there in Iowa?
This directory lists 17 land-based casino properties in Iowa, 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 Iowa has the most casinos?
Council Bluffs, with 2 of the 17 properties listed here. The rest cluster around Dubuque, Marquette, Altoona, Bettendorf.
Are the opening hours on this page reliable?
2 of the 17 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 Iowa?
319 miles separate the two furthest-apart properties, measured straight-line from their own coordinates. 3 of the 17 are within 25 miles of Council Bluffs and 3 within fifty, so the practical answer depends on which end of Iowa you start from — the furthest from that cluster is Wild Rose Casino, 295 miles out.
Are the casinos in Iowa tribal or commercial?
Of the 2 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 Iowa; sharing your location ranks them by how far you actually have to drive.