Casinos in Louisiana Map
Louisiana has around two dozen casinos, and this casinos in Louisiana map groups every one by region. Most carry a riverboat license, a legacy of the law that first allowed gambling only on boats, though nearly all have moved into land based buildings beside the water. Four racetrack casinos and four tribal casinos round out the list, with the single land based Caesars New Orleans downtown. The minimum age to gamble is 21 everywhere in the state.
- Casinos
- 2415 riverboat · 4 racino · 4 tribal · 1 land based
- Minimum age
- 21every casino · 18 for racing & lottery
- Sports betting
- Legalretail & online, 21+, since 2021
- Regulator
- LGCBLouisiana Gaming Control Board
Illustration An illustrated overview, not to scale. See the interactive map below for exact locations.
How casinos are spread across Louisiana
Louisiana’s casinos follow its rivers, its coast, and its borders. The two heaviest clusters sit at opposite corners of the state. In the northwest, seven casinos line the Red River at Shreveport and Bossier City, the gaming market for north Louisiana, east Texas, and southern Arkansas. In the southwest, the Lake Charles area holds five more, including two of the largest resorts in the state, built to pull players up from Houston and the Texas coast an hour and a half away.
The middle of the state runs along the Mississippi. Baton Rouge has three casinos, two riverboats on the river plus the downtown property that moved ashore as Bally’s in 2025. Downriver, New Orleans is the one place with a true land based casino, Caesars, right downtown by the river, joined by Boomtown across the river at Harvey and Treasure Chest out by the lake at Kenner. The historic Fair Grounds racetrack adds a slots floor in the city.
Away from the big metros, central Louisiana and Acadiana hold the rest. The tribal resorts sit here, Coushatta north of Lake Charles, Paragon at Marksville, Cypress Bayou near Franklin, and the smaller Jena Choctaw Pines in the center, along with racetrack casinos at Opelousas and Vinton and a small riverboat down in the bayou country at Amelia. For a visitor that makes Louisiana a state of regional markets rather than one strip, each cluster serving its own corner and the nearest out of state cities.
The Louisiana casinos map
Verified Verified locations. The Shreveport, Lake Charles, and New Orleans casinos sit close together and group into clusters until you zoom in.
Around two dozen casinos: 15 riverboat licenses, most now land based, four racinos, four tribal casinos, and the land based Caesars New Orleans. Rosters drift with rebrands and moves; dated May 2026.
§ Casinos by region
The hub’s routing job. Louisiana breaks into five working areas, each linking down to its city and casino pages as they come online.
Shreveport and Bossier City Red River · the northwest
The densest cluster in the state sits on the Red River in the northwest. Bossier City holds Horseshoe, Margaritaville, Boomtown, and the new Live! Casino and Hotel that opened in 2025, while Sam’s Town and Bally’s sit across the water in Shreveport, and Louisiana Downs adds a racetrack casino on the Bossier side. This is the gaming hub for north Louisiana, east Texas, and southern Arkansas, and the natural base for a Shreveport or Bossier City trip.
Lake Charles and the southwest near the Texas line
The southwest market is built around Houston. L’Auberge and Golden Nugget at Lake Charles are two of the largest resorts in Louisiana, with Horseshoe across the water at Westlake after it came ashore in 2022. Delta Downs at Vinton runs a racetrack casino close to the Texas border, and the Coushatta Tribe’s resort north at Kinder holds the largest gaming floor in the state. Together they are the closest casinos to the Houston metro.
Baton Rouge the capital · on the Mississippi
The capital has three casinos. L’Auberge sits in south Baton Rouge and Hollywood Casino runs a riverboat downtown, both on the Mississippi. The downtown Belle of Baton Rouge moved into a new land based building and reopened as Bally’s Baton Rouge in 2025. Baton Rouge serves the center of the state between the New Orleans and Lafayette markets.
New Orleans area the river and the West Bank
New Orleans is the only city in Louisiana with a true land based casino. Caesars, the former Harrah’s, sits downtown by the river near the French Quarter after a full rebrand in 2024. Boomtown is across the river at Harvey on the West Bank, and Treasure Chest moved into a new land based building at Kenner near the lake and the airport in 2024. The historic Fair Grounds racetrack runs a slots only floor in the city.
Acadiana and central Louisiana the bayous and the center
The rest spread through the center and the southern bayous. The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe’s Paragon resort sits at Marksville, the Chitimacha Tribe’s Cypress Bayou near Franklin, and the smaller Jena Choctaw Pines north of Alexandria. Evangeline Downs runs a racetrack casino at Opelousas in the heart of Acadiana, and the small Amelia Belle riverboat sits down in the bayou country near Morgan City.
Casino laws and minimum age in Louisiana
Louisiana has one of the older and broader casino systems in the South, regulated by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board with enforcement by the Louisiana State Police. The state legalized casino gambling on riverboats in 1991, added a single land based casino in New Orleans, and allowed racetracks to install slot machines, which created the riverboat, land based, and racino categories that still define the map. A 2018 law freed the riverboats to move into land based buildings next to their berths, and most have. The tribal casinos operate separately, under federal law and compacts with the state.
The minimum age to gamble is 21 at every Louisiana casino, commercial, racetrack, and tribal alike. The state lottery, pari-mutuel betting on the horses, and charitable bingo are open at 18, but the casino floor is 21 and over. Retail and online sports betting are legal for bettors 21 and up in the 55 of 64 parishes that voted to allow it. Many casinos run around the clock, but hours vary, so check the official site before planning around them, and confirm the current age and rules at the specific venue, since policies can change.
Dated fact Minimum age 21 at every Louisiana casino, with 18 for the lottery, horse racing, and bingo, per the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. Verified May 2026. This is the kind of figure to recheck before relying on it.
The riverboats that came ashore
The word riverboat is everywhere in Louisiana gaming, and it explains how the map took shape. When the state legalized casinos in 1991 it allowed them only on boats, so operators built floating casinos on the Red River at Shreveport and Bossier City, on the Mississippi at Baton Rouge, and on the lakes and bayous of the south. For years the boats even had to cruise. Over time the cruising requirement was dropped and the boats stayed dockside, and a 2018 law finally let them move off the water entirely into land based buildings beside their old berths. Most have made that move, which is why a property like Horseshoe Lake Charles or Treasure Chest now sits in a modern building on land while still holding a riverboat license. Caesars New Orleans is the exception that proves the rule, the one casino licensed from the start as a land based property rather than a boat.
Tribal casinos in Louisiana
Four of Louisiana’s casinos are run by Native nations under compacts with the state, separate from the riverboat and racetrack system. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana runs Coushatta Casino Resort at Kinder north of Lake Charles, the largest casino floor in the state and a full resort with hotels and golf. The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe operates Paragon Casino Resort at Marksville in central Louisiana, the Chitimacha Tribe runs Cypress Bayou near Franklin in the southern bayous, and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians runs the smaller Jena Choctaw Pines north of Alexandria. These casinos operate on tribal land under federal law, so they sit outside the parish by parish rules that govern the commercial casinos.
The biggest casinos in Louisiana
The largest floors are split between the tribal and commercial sides. Coushatta near Kinder holds the biggest gaming floor in the state, drawing on a wide rural region and the Houston market. Among the commercial casinos, Golden Nugget and L’Auberge at Lake Charles run two of the largest resort floors, both built to compete for Texas players, and Caesars New Orleans has the biggest single building floor in any Louisiana city after its rebuild. In the northwest, the Bossier City and Shreveport casinos are mid sized by comparison but stack up close together, so the cluster as a whole rivals the big single resorts. Size figures move with each expansion, so they are dated on the individual casino pages rather than fixed here.
Sports betting in Louisiana
Sports betting is legal and established in Louisiana, both as retail sportsbooks inside the casinos and as online mobile betting. Voters approved it parish by parish in 2020, retail books opened at the casinos in October 2021, and the mobile apps followed in January 2022, all regulated by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. The minimum age is 21, the same as the casino floor. It is live in the 55 of 64 parishes that voted yes, so a few rural parishes in the north and center opted out and do not offer it. For a visitor that means you can bet at a casino sportsbook or on your phone across most of the state.
Louisiana casino questions
Q. How many casinos are in Louisiana?
Around two dozen as of 2026: fifteen casinos that hold riverboat licenses, most of which have moved into land based buildings, the single land based Caesars New Orleans downtown, four racetrack casinos, and four tribal casinos. They spread across five areas, from Shreveport and Bossier City in the northwest to Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and central Louisiana.
Q. What is the minimum gambling age in Louisiana?
It is 21 at every Louisiana casino and 21 for sports betting. The state lottery, pari-mutuel betting on the horse races, and charitable bingo are open at 18, but the casino floor is 21 and over. Confirm at the venue, since policies can change.
Q. Where are most of Louisiana's casinos?
Two clusters lead. Shreveport and Bossier City in the northwest hold seven casinos on the Red River, and the Lake Charles area in the southwest holds another five aimed at the Houston and East Texas market. Baton Rouge and the New Orleans area each add several more, and a handful of tribal and racetrack casinos fill central Louisiana and Acadiana.
Q. Why are so many Louisiana casinos called riverboats?
When Louisiana legalized casino gambling in 1991 it allowed it only on riverboats, so the casinos were built as boats on the rivers and lakes. A 2018 law let them move into land based buildings next to the water, and most have. They still operate under a riverboat license even though the gambling now happens on land, which is why the term sticks.
Q. What is the largest casino in Louisiana?
Coushatta Casino Resort near Kinder has the largest gaming floor in the state. Golden Nugget and L'Auberge in Lake Charles run two of the largest commercial floors, and Caesars New Orleans has the biggest single building floor in the city. Size figures shift with expansions, so they are dated on the individual casino pages rather than fixed here.
Q. Is sports betting legal in Louisiana?
Yes. Retail sportsbooks at the casinos launched in October 2021 and online mobile betting followed in January 2022, regulated by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, for bettors 21 and over. It is legal in the 55 of 64 parishes that voted to allow it, so a few rural parishes opted out.
Q. Which casinos are closest to New Orleans and to Texas?
In New Orleans, Caesars sits downtown by the river, with Boomtown at Harvey on the West Bank and Treasure Chest at Kenner near the airport, each a short drive from the French Quarter. For Texas, the Lake Charles casinos and Delta Downs at Vinton are the closest to Houston and the East Texas line.
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Editorial note
Reviewed by the CasinosMap editorial desk. The riverboat, racino, tribal, and land based split, the move ashore under the 2018 law, the recent rebrands and openings (Caesars New Orleans in 2024, Horseshoe Lake Charles in 2022, the land based Treasure Chest in 2024, Live! Casino and Bally's Baton Rouge in 2025), the four tribal casinos and their nations, the 21 and over minimum age, and the sports betting status were checked against current authoritative sources, not prior knowledge. Margaritaville and Live! are noted as separate from Horseshoe Bossier City, the many video poker truck stops are excluded, and counts are dated and treated as a snapshot.
Sources
- Louisiana Gaming Control Board riverboat, land based, and racino licenses, sports wagering, and the minimum age
- Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment, and Penn Entertainment operator properties, gaming floors, and the recent openings and rebrands
- Coushatta, Paragon, Cypress Bayou, and Jena Choctaw Pines the four tribal casinos and their nations
- American Gaming Association Louisiana state gaming overview and minimum age
- Louisiana news coverage Caesars New Orleans rebrand, Treasure Chest land based move, and the Live! and Bally's Baton Rouge openings