Delaware Casinos Map
Delaware keeps its casinos simple. There are three, all racinos that grew out of the state’s horse tracks, and they line up neatly down the small state from north to south. This Delaware casinos map places each one, from Delaware Park near Wilmington to Bally’s Dover at the capital and Harrington in the south. The minimum age to gamble is 21 at all three, and the slot machines are run by the state lottery rather than the casinos.
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Illustration An illustrated overview, not to scale. See the interactive map below for exact locations.
How Delaware’s casinos are laid out
For the second smallest state, the casino map could hardly be cleaner. Three racinos sit roughly one to a region, strung along the north to south length of the state. Each one is tied to a racetrack, because that is how casino gaming arrived in Delaware in the first place, and there is nothing else: no tribal casinos, no standalone commercial floors.
The northern anchor is Delaware Park, just off Interstate 95 near Wilmington in New Castle County. It is the closest casino to Philadelphia and the densely populated north, and it runs the state’s thoroughbred racing along with a large gaming floor and a golf course. In the center, at the state capital, Bally’s Dover Casino Resort is the only one of the three with a hotel, which makes it the natural overnight base, and its harness track sits inside the Dover Motor Speedway that hosts NASCAR.
South of Dover, Harrington Raceway & Casino occupies the Delaware State Fairgrounds, another harness track with a full casino attached and a poker room. It is the closest gaming to the southern part of the state and the Delaware beaches. The three are easy to reach from one another, since the whole state is only about a hundred miles top to bottom, but they serve distinct regions and rarely compete head to head.
The Delaware casinos map
Verified Verified locations. Three pins running down the length of the state, north to south.
All three Delaware casinos are racinos regulated by the Delaware Lottery. Machine and table counts drift with renovations; dated May 2026.
§ The three racinos
The hub’s routing job is short here. Delaware has three casinos and no separate city pages, so the split is simply north, center, and south.
Wilmington and the north off Interstate 95 · nearest to Philadelphia
Delaware Park is the casino for the populous north and for visitors crossing in from Pennsylvania. It sits minutes off Interstate 95 near Wilmington, with one of the larger gaming floors in the state, more than thirty table games, and the state’s thoroughbred racing on a track alongside the casino. A golf course shares the grounds, which sets it apart from the other two.
Dover and central Delaware the state capital · beside Dover Motor Speedway
Bally’s Dover Casino Resort is the only full resort of the three, with a 500 room hotel, a spa, and more than 2,000 machines. Bally’s runs it, and it carries the longest casino history in the state, opening as Dover Downs Slots in 1995. Its harness racing track sits inside the Dover Motor Speedway, the NASCAR oval, so race weekends bring a surge of visitors to the casino next door.
Harrington and the south State Fairgrounds · toward the beaches
Harrington Raceway & Casino is the southernmost of the three, on the Delaware State Fairgrounds south of Dover. It pairs a harness track with a full casino floor and a poker room, and it is the nearest gaming to lower Delaware and the beach towns. It is the smallest of the three but covers a part of the state the others do not.
Casino laws and minimum age in Delaware
Casino gambling in Delaware is legal, long established, and tightly run by the state. All three casinos operate as video lottery agents under the Delaware Lottery, which is why their slot machines are legally video lottery terminals rather than privately owned slots. Table games and sports betting were added later under the same state oversight. There are no tribal casinos and no path to a standalone commercial casino, so the three racinos are the entire legal casino landscape.
The minimum age to gamble is 21 for the machines, the table games, sports betting, and online gaming alike. Only the traditional draw lottery is open at 18. Hours vary by property and by the racing calendar, so check the official site before planning around them, and confirm the current age and rules at the venue, since policies can change.
Dated fact Minimum age 21 at all three Delaware casinos and for sports and online betting, per the Delaware Lottery. Verified May 2026. This is the kind of figure to recheck before relying on it.
The racino model and the Delaware Lottery
Delaware’s casinos exist because of horse racing. When the tracks were struggling in the early 1990s, the state authorized slot machines at its three racetracks in 1995 to prop up the racing industry, and the casino floors grew up around the tracks rather than as resorts in their own right. That history is built into the law: the machines are video lottery terminals owned and monitored by the Delaware Lottery, not the casino operators, and each casino license is attached to a live racetrack. It is why there are exactly three casinos, why each one still runs racing, harness at Dover and Harrington and thoroughbred at Delaware Park, and why the state, not a private company, sits at the center of the whole system.
Sports betting and online casino in Delaware
Delaware has often been ahead of its neighbors on betting. It ran a National Football League parlay lottery for years, and when the federal sports betting ban fell in 2018 it was among the first states to offer full single game wagering, taking bets at all three racinos within weeks. It had gone first on online casino gaming even earlier, becoming the first US state to legalize it in 2012. In January 2024 the state relaunched its online sportsbooks and casinos under BetRivers, run by Rush Street Interactive as the exclusive operator. For a visitor that means betting in person at any of the three casinos or online statewide, all at 21 and over, though wagers on Delaware college teams are not permitted.
Delaware casino questions
Q. How many casinos are in Delaware?
Three, all racinos that pair a casino with a live horse track: Bally's Dover Casino Resort in Dover, Delaware Park near Wilmington, and Harrington Raceway & Casino in the south. Delaware has no tribal casinos and no standalone commercial casinos, so these three are the whole picture.
Q. What is the minimum gambling age in Delaware?
It is 21 for the slot machines, table games, sports betting, and online gaming. Only the traditional draw lottery is open at 18. Confirm at the venue, since policies can change.
Q. What is the biggest casino in Delaware?
Bally's Dover Casino Resort is the only one with a hotel, a 500 room resort beside Dover Motor Speedway, and carries more than 2,000 machines. Delaware Park near Wilmington has a comparably large gaming floor and the state's thoroughbred track. The two are the largest, with Harrington close behind.
Q. Are the slot machines in Delaware real slots?
Technically no. The machines at all three casinos are video lottery terminals, owned and monitored by the Delaware Lottery rather than the casinos. They play like standard slots, but the state runs them, which is the legal basis for the whole racino system.
Q. Is sports betting legal in Delaware?
Yes, and Delaware was an early mover. Full single game sports betting has been available at the three racinos since 2018, and online sports betting launched in January 2024 through BetRivers, the state's exclusive operator. Bettors must be 21, and wagering on Delaware college teams is not allowed.
Q. Does Delaware have online casinos?
Yes. Delaware was the first US state to legalize full online casino gaming, back in 2012, and its three casinos now run online under BetRivers. Online play is limited to players 21 and over who are physically inside the state.
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Editorial note
Reviewed by the CasinosMap editorial desk. The three racino roster, the operators, the floor figures, the video lottery model run by the Delaware Lottery, the legal and age facts, and the BetRivers online launch were checked against current authoritative sources, not prior knowledge. Machine and table counts are dated and treated as a snapshot, and the Wilmington and Harrington pins are left for phase two coordinate collection.
Sources
- Delaware Lottery regulator, the video lottery model, sports lottery, and 21 and over age
- Bally's Dover Casino Resort official site, address, hotel, and gaming floor
- Delaware Park Casino & Racing official site, address, and thoroughbred racing
- Rush Street Interactive (BetRivers) January 2024 launch of online sports betting and casinos for the three racinos