Mississippi Casinos Map
Mississippi has close to thirty casinos open now, the large majority commercial properties licensed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, plus four Choctaw tribal casinos. This Mississippi casinos map groups every operating property by region, from the dense run of Gulf Coast resorts at Biloxi and Gulfport to the riverboat floors strung up the Mississippi River at Tunica, Vicksburg, and Natchez. The minimum age to gamble is 21 everywhere in the state.
- Casinos
- ~30~25 commercial · 4 Choctaw tribal
- Minimum age
- 21every casino, commercial and tribal
- Sports betting
- On siteretail & on-property mobile, 21+
- Regulator
- MGCMississippi Gaming Commission
Illustration An illustrated overview, not to scale. See the interactive map below for exact locations.
How casinos are spread across Mississippi
Mississippi’s casinos sit in two very different settings, the Gulf Coast and the river. The densest group by far runs along the coast in Harrison and Hancock counties, where roughly a dozen resorts line up around Biloxi, Gulfport, D’Iberville, and Bay St. Louis. Beau Rivage anchors the Biloxi beachfront, with the IP, Golden Nugget, Hard Rock, Harrah’s, Palace, and Treasure Bay close by, Scarlet Pearl just inland at D’Iberville, Island View at Gulfport, and Hollywood and Silver Slipper out toward the Louisiana line. This is the natural base for a Gulf Coast trip and the part of the state where casinos cluster tightest.
The rest of the state’s casinos follow the Mississippi River down the western edge. The northwest holds the Tunica market, a short drive south of Memphis, once the third largest casino destination in the country and now down to five floors after years of contraction. Further south the river towns each carry a small group: Vicksburg has four, Greenville two, and Natchez one on the bluff in the far southwest corner. These are working riverboat and barge casinos rather than coastal resorts.
Inland from both, in the center of the state, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians runs its own casinos near Philadelphia under federal law, separate from the commercial system. The Pearl River Resort there pairs the Silver Star and Golden Moon towers, with the smaller Bok Homa to the south near Heidelberg and a new travel plaza casino at Louisville. They are the only casinos in Mississippi away from either the coast or the river.
The Mississippi casinos map
Verified Verified locations. The Biloxi resorts sit close together and group into a cluster until you zoom in.
Around 25 commercial casinos plus the four Choctaw tribal floors. Counts and rosters drift with openings and closures; Sam's Town in Tunica closed November 2025. Dated May 2026.
§ Casinos by region
The hub’s routing job. Mississippi breaks into the Gulf Coast and a string of river markets, each linking down to its city and casino pages as they come online.
The Gulf Coast Biloxi · Gulfport · D’Iberville · Bay St. Louis
The densest cluster in the state, and the one most visitors mean by Mississippi casinos. Beau Rivage, the IP, Golden Nugget, Hard Rock, Harrah’s, Palace, Treasure Bay, and Boomtown sit in and around Biloxi, with Scarlet Pearl at D’Iberville on the Back Bay, Island View at Gulfport, and Hollywood and Silver Slipper at the Hancock County end. Since 2005 these are land based casinos rather than boats, which is why the coast reads as a resort strip. The Biloxi city page covers the beachfront and Back Bay properties in detail.
Tunica and the northern river northwest · south of Memphis
Tunica, in the Delta a short drive south of Memphis, was built on day trip traffic from Tennessee and grew into a major destination in the 1990s before competition from Arkansas pulled players away. Five casinos remain after Sam’s Town closed in November 2025: Gold Strike, Horseshoe, Hollywood, Fitz, and 1st Jackpot, all clustered at Tunica Resorts and Robinsonville on the river. Isle of Capri at Lula sits further south in Coahoma County, across the water from Helena, Arkansas.
Vicksburg, Greenville and the central river center west · the Delta
The middle of the river holds two of the state’s older casino towns. Vicksburg carries four floors, led by Ameristar on the waterfront, with WaterView, Riverwalk, and Bally’s nearby. Up the Delta at Greenville, Harlow’s and Trop Casino sit on the riverfront. These are barge casinos in the dockside tradition, tied to the river rather than a resort beach.
Natchez and the lower river southwest bluff
At the far southwest corner, Magnolia Bluffs sits below the historic bluff at Natchez, the only casino in that part of the state and a stop for travelers crossing between Mississippi and Louisiana. It is a single, smaller riverfront floor rather than a cluster.
Choctaw country central Mississippi · tribal
Near Philadelphia in the center of the state, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians runs the Pearl River Resort, pairing the Silver Star, open since 1994, and the Golden Moon. The tribe also operates the smaller Bok Homa near Heidelberg to the south and a new travel plaza casino at Louisville. These are the only Mississippi casinos run under tribal authority, set apart from the commercial coast and river floors.
Casino laws and minimum age in Mississippi
Casino gambling is legal and long established in Mississippi, regulated by the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The state legalized dockside gambling in 1990 and the first casinos opened in 1992, which is why the industry grew up on the water. The commercial casinos take the form of dockside floors on barges along the river and, since a 2005 change in the law, land based resorts within 800 feet of the Gulf shoreline. The Choctaw tribal casinos operate separately, under federal law and a compact with the state.
The minimum age to gamble is 21 at every Mississippi casino, commercial and tribal alike. The general statewide gambling age is 18, but because the casinos hold alcohol licenses they set the floor at 21, so for a visitor the practical age everywhere is 21. Sports betting is legal for bettors 21 and up. Most properties run 24 hours, 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 Mississippi casino, commercial and tribal, with the general state gambling age 18. Verified May 2026. This is the kind of figure to recheck before relying on it.
Riverboat and dockside roots
Mississippi was one of the first states to legalize casino gambling after Nevada and New Jersey, passing a dockside law in 1990 and opening its first floors at Biloxi and along the river in 1992. The law required the gambling to take place over water, so casinos were built on barges and moored boats rather than on dry land. That is the reason the casinos sit where they do, on the Gulf and down the Mississippi River, instead of gathering in one inland city. Hurricane Katrina destroyed or badly damaged most of the Gulf Coast casinos in 2005, and in the special session that followed the legislature allowed coastal casinos to rebuild on land within 800 feet of the shoreline. The Biloxi and Gulfport resorts moved ashore after that, while the river casinos at Tunica, Vicksburg, Greenville, and Natchez still operate on the water in the older dockside form.
Tribal gaming in Mississippi
A handful of Mississippi’s casinos are run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, the state’s only federally recognized tribe with gaming, under a compact with the state and separate from the commercial system. The tribe’s Pearl River Resort near Philadelphia, in the center of the state, pairs the Silver Star, which opened in 1994 and was the first casino in Mississippi away from the water, with the Golden Moon tower added in 2002. The Choctaw also run the smaller Bok Homa in Jones County near Heidelberg and opened the Crystal Sky travel plaza casino at Louisville at the end of 2024. These inland venues are the exception to the state’s river and coast pattern.
The biggest casino in Mississippi
No single Mississippi casino dominates the way one resort can in a smaller state, and the answer depends on whether you mean floor space, height, or name recognition. By gaming floor, Island View at Gulfport runs the largest space on the Gulf Coast, around 126,000 square feet across its connected Island View and Beach View buildings as of May 2026, and the Choctaw Silver Star inland holds roughly 90,000 square feet. Beau Rivage in Biloxi is the best known property and, at 32 stories, the tallest building in the state, with about 85,000 square feet of gaming. Floor figures shift with expansions, so sizes are dated and sourced on the individual casino pages rather than fixed as a ranking here.
Sports betting in Mississippi
Sports betting is legal in Mississippi at the casino sportsbooks, and you can also bet on a mobile app, but only while you are physically on casino property. The state has not legalized statewide online sports betting, so there is no betting from home, and there are no legal online casinos. The minimum age is 21, the same as the casino floor, and the books are regulated by the Mississippi Gaming Commission. For a visitor that means a bet is placed at the property’s sportsbook or on a phone inside the casino, not across the state line or from a hotel room away from the floor.
Mississippi casino questions
Q. How many casinos are in Mississippi?
Around 25 commercial casinos licensed by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, plus four Choctaw tribal casinos, close to 30 in all as of 2026. Sam's Town in Tunica closed in November 2025, leaving five casinos in the Tunica market.
Q. What is the minimum gambling age in Mississippi?
It is 21 at every Mississippi casino, commercial and tribal, and 21 for sports betting. The general state gambling age is 18, but casinos serve alcohol and require 21 on the floor. Confirm at the venue, since policies can change.
Q. Where are most of Mississippi's casinos?
The largest cluster is on the Gulf Coast around Biloxi, Gulfport, and D'Iberville. The rest line the Mississippi River in the northwest at Tunica and at Vicksburg, Greenville, and Natchez, with the Choctaw tribal casinos inland near Philadelphia.
Q. What is the largest casino in Mississippi?
Island View in Gulfport has the largest gaming space on the Coast at around 126,000 square feet across its two connected floors, and the Choctaw Silver Star runs about 90,000 square feet. Beau Rivage in Biloxi is the marquee resort and the tallest building in the state. Sizes are dated on the individual casino pages rather than fixed here.
Q. Is sports betting legal in Mississippi?
Yes, at the casino sportsbooks and on a mobile app, but only while you are physically on casino property. Mississippi has no statewide online sports betting and no legal online casinos. Betting is for ages 21 and up and is regulated by the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
Q. Why are Gulf Coast casinos on land but river casinos on the water?
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the law was changed to let Gulf Coast casinos build on land within 800 feet of the shoreline, so the Biloxi and Gulfport resorts are land based. Along the Mississippi River the casinos still sit on barges over the water, a holdover from the original dockside law.
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Editorial note
Reviewed by the CasinosMap editorial desk. The casino roster, the Gulf Coast and river split, the Choctaw tribal venues, the recent Sam's Town closure, and the legal and age facts were checked against current authoritative sources, not prior knowledge. The exact commercial count is given as a dated range because sources differ on how borderline and travel plaza floors are counted, and any single biggest casino claim is tied to a sourced, dated floor figure.
Sources
- Mississippi Gaming Commission regulator, licensed casino locations, gaming history
- Mississippi Gaming Association current commercial casino members by region
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Pearl River Resort Silver Star, Golden Moon, Bok Homa, Crystal Sky tribal casinos
- ICLG Gambling Laws and Regulations 2026, Mississippi legal status, minimum age, sports betting and online rules
- WLOX and Casino.org Sam's Town Tunica closure, November 2025