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Casinos in New Mexico: all 24 locations, mapped

New Mexico has 24 land-based casino properties in this directory, 4 of them in Albuquerque. 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.

24
Properties
18
Towns with one
1
Publish opening hours
7
With an official site
Map of New Mexico with all 24 casinos in this directory marked at their own coordinates.
Every casino in New Mexico on this page, plotted where it stands — the same data as the table, drawn geographically.

All 24 casinos in New Mexico, 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. 7 of them publish an official site we can link and 1 publish opening hours.

  • 1 of 24publish opening hoursThe rest show "not published" rather than a guess.
  • 7 of 24have an official site on fileWhere one exists it is the last word on hours and age.
  • 1 of 24publish round-the-clock hoursThe Las Vegas default does not hold everywhere.

What New Mexico's 24 rows carry beyond a name and a location. Anything not sourced is left blank rather than filled in.

Casinos in New Mexico, alphabetical. Press a column heading to sort.
Official site
Apache Homelands CasinoAkelaNot published—
Apache Nugget CasinoCounselorNot published—
Black Mesa CasinoSan Felipe PuebloNot published—
Buffalo Thunder Resort and CasinoSanta FeNot published—
Casino ApacheMescaleroNot publishedVisit
Cities of GoldSanta FeNot published—
Dancing Eagle CasinoCasa BlancaNot published—
Fire Rock Navajo CasinoChurch RockNot publishedVisit
Flowing Water Navajo CasinoShiprockNot publishedVisit
Isleta Resort and CasinoAlbuquerqueNot publishedVisit
Northern Edge CasinoFarmingtonNot published—
Ohkay Owingeh CasinoRanchitosNot published—
Palace West - Isleta Resort & CasinoAlbuquerqueNot published—
Route 66 Hotel and CasinoTo'hajiileeNot published—
Sandia Resort and CasinoAlbuquerqueNot publishedVisit
Santa Ana Star CasinoRio RanchoNot published—
Santa Claran Hotel & CasinoEspanolaNot published—
Sunland Park Racetrack & CasinoSunland ParkNot published—
Sunray Park and CasinoFarmingtonNot published—
Taos Mountain CasinoTaos PuebloNot published—
Tesuque CasinoSanta Fe24/7Visit
The Downs Racetrack & CasinoAlbuquerqueNot publishedVisit
Wild Horse CasinoDulceNot published—
Zia Park Casino, Hotel & Horse TrackHobbsNot published—

Where the casinos in New Mexico 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.

  • Albuquerque4
  • Santa Fe3
  • Farmington2
  • Akela1
  • Casa Blanca1
  • Church Rock1
  • Counselor1
  • Dulce1
  • Espanola1
  • Hobbs1
  • 8 more towns8

Before you drive

How far apart the casinos in New Mexico are

A list of 24 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 New Mexico 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.

New Mexico by distance

End to end, furthest two
415 mi

Straight-line distance between the two properties furthest apart in the state.

Within 25 miles of Albuquerque
5 of 24

8 of 24 are inside fifty miles.

Towns holding half of them
6

Half of New Mexico's 24 properties sit in just 6 towns; the rest are spread across 12 more.

Furthest from that cluster
250 mi

Zia Park Casino, Hotel & Horse Track in Hobbs — the one that will not fit into a day trip from Albuquerque.

Who runs the casinos in New Mexico

3 of New Mexico's 24 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.

2 of them are run by a tribal government, these ones:

  • Pueblo of Pojoaque
  • San Felipe Pueblo

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 Tesuque Development Corporation — 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 — 7 of 24 do — that site is the authority on hours, age and whether the floor is open tonight.

Casinos in New Mexico: common questions

How many casinos are there in New Mexico?

This directory lists 24 land-based casino properties in New Mexico, 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 New Mexico has the most casinos?

Albuquerque, with 4 of the 24 properties listed here. The rest cluster around Santa Fe, Farmington, Akela, Casa Blanca.

Are the opening hours on this page reliable?

1 of the 24 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 New Mexico?

415 miles separate the two furthest-apart properties, measured straight-line from their own coordinates. 5 of the 24 are within 25 miles of Albuquerque and 8 within fifty, so the practical answer depends on which end of New Mexico you start from — the furthest from that cluster is Zia Park Casino, Hotel & Horse Track, 250 miles out.

Are the casinos in New Mexico tribal or commercial?

Of the 3 properties here that name an operator, 2 are 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 New Mexico; sharing your location ranks them by how far you actually have to drive.