Casinos by state
Casinos in Kentucky: all 4 locations, mapped
Kentucky has 4 land-based casino properties in this directory, 1 of them in Auburndale. 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.
- 4
- Properties
- 4
- Towns with one
- 1
- Publish opening hours
- 1
- With an official site
All 4 casinos in Kentucky, 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. 1 of them publish an official site we can link and 1 publish opening hours.
- 1 of 4publish opening hoursThe rest show "not published" rather than a guess.
- 1 of 4have an official site on fileWhere one exists it is the last word on hours and age.
- 0 of 4publish round-the-clock hoursThe Las Vegas default does not hold everywhere.
What Kentucky's 4 rows carry beyond a name and a location. Anything not sourced is left blank rather than filled in.
| Official site | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Casino Entertainment | Auburndale | Not published | — |
| Derby City Gaming | Louisville | Not published | Visit the official site of Derby City Gaming |
| Ellis Park Racing & Gaming | Henderson | Su 08:00-15:00; Mo-We 10:00-15:00; Th-Sa 08:00-17:00 | — |
| Turfway Park Racing and Gaming | Marydale | Not published | — |
Where the casinos in Kentucky 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 Kentucky are
A list of 4 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 Kentucky 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: 2 of the 4 properties are within fifty miles of Auburndale, so a reader anywhere near it has a choice rather than a journey.
Kentucky by distance
- End to end, furthest two
- 175 mi
- Within 25 miles of Auburndale
- 2 of 4
- Towns holding half of them
- 2
- Furthest from that cluster
- 97 mi
Straight-line distance between the two properties furthest apart in the state.
2 of 4 are inside fifty miles.
Half of Kentucky's 4 properties sit in just 2 towns; the rest are spread across 2 more.
Ellis Park Racing & Gaming in Henderson — the one that will not fit into a day trip from Auburndale.
Who runs the casinos in Kentucky
1 of Kentucky's 4 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.
The other operators named in the sources are Ellis Park Racing & 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 — 1 of 4 do — that site is the authority on hours, age and whether the floor is open tonight.
The nearest casinos outside Kentucky
With 4 properties in the state, the closest floor to you may be over a state line — so here are the nearest ones that are not in Kentucky, measured from the properties above. Distances are straight-line miles, which is the honest way to compare them before a route is chosen.
Casinos in Kentucky: common questions
How many casinos are there in Kentucky?
This directory lists 4 land-based casino properties in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky has the most casinos?
Auburndale, with 1 of the 4 properties listed here. The rest cluster around Henderson, Louisville, Marydale.
Are the opening hours on this page reliable?
1 of the 4 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 Kentucky?
175 miles separate the two furthest-apart properties, measured straight-line from their own coordinates. 2 of the 4 are within 25 miles of Auburndale and 2 within fifty, so the practical answer depends on which end of Kentucky you start from — the furthest from that cluster is Ellis Park Racing & Gaming, 97 miles out.
Can I see these casinos on a map?
Yes. The map on the home page holds every property in the directory and filters to Kentucky; sharing your location ranks them by how far you actually have to drive.