Casinos by state
Casinos in West Virginia: all 8 locations, mapped
West Virginia has 8 land-based casino properties in this directory, 2 of them in Ranson. 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.
- 8
- Properties
- 7
- Towns with one
- 0
- Publish opening hours
- 0
- With an official site
All 8 casinos in West Virginia, 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. 0 of them publish an official site we can link and 0 publish opening hours.
- 0 of 8publish opening hoursThe rest show "not published" rather than a guess.
- 0 of 8have an official site on fileWhere one exists it is the last word on hours and age.
- 0 of 8publish round-the-clock hoursThe Las Vegas default does not hold everywhere.
What West Virginia's 8 rows carry beyond a name and a location. Anything not sourced is left blank rather than filled in.
| Official site | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boss's 2 On the Level | Charles Town | Not published | — |
| Caribbean Club | Chester | Not published | — |
| Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races | Ranson | Not published | — |
| Lakeview Cafe | Morgantown | Not published | — |
| Mardi Gras Casino and Resort | Cross Lanes | Not published | — |
| Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort | Brownsdale Mobile Home Park | Not published | — |
| Starting Gate | Ranson | Not published | — |
| Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack | Wheeling | Not published | — |
Where the casinos in West Virginia 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 West Virginia are
A list of 8 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 West Virginia 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.
West Virginia by distance
- End to end, furthest two
- 222 mi
- Within 25 miles of Ranson
- 3 of 8
- Towns holding half of them
- 3
- Furthest from that cluster
- 221 mi
Straight-line distance between the two properties furthest apart in the state.
3 of 8 are inside fifty miles.
Half of West Virginia's 8 properties sit in just 3 towns; the rest are spread across 4 more.
Mardi Gras Casino and Resort in Cross Lanes — the one that will not fit into a day trip from Ranson.
The nearest casinos outside West Virginia
With 8 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 West Virginia, measured from the properties above. Distances are straight-line miles, which is the honest way to compare them before a route is chosen.
- Nemacolin Woodlands ResortNew Meadow Run Bruderhof, Pennsylvania18 mi
- Hollywood Casino at the MeadowsWashington County, Pennsylvania30 mi
- Rivers CasinoPittsburgh, Pennsylvania31 mi
- Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race CourseAUSTINTOWN, Ohio36 mi
- Parx Casino ShippensburgShippensburg, Pennsylvania56 mi
- MGM National HarborOxon Hill, Maryland57 mi
Casinos in West Virginia: common questions
How many casinos are there in West Virginia?
This directory lists 8 land-based casino properties in West Virginia, 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 West Virginia has the most casinos?
Ranson, with 2 of the 8 properties listed here. The rest cluster around Brownsdale Mobile Home Park, Charles Town, Chester, Cross Lanes.
Are the opening hours on this page reliable?
0 of the 8 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 West Virginia?
222 miles separate the two furthest-apart properties, measured straight-line from their own coordinates. 3 of the 8 are within 25 miles of Ranson and 3 within fifty, so the practical answer depends on which end of West Virginia you start from — the furthest from that cluster is Mardi Gras Casino and Resort, 221 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 West Virginia; sharing your location ranks them by how far you actually have to drive.