Virginia Casinos Map
Virginia is one of the newest casino states in the country. Voters approved commercial casinos in 2020, one each for five cities, and this Virginia casinos map shows all five now open in some form: Rivers at Portsmouth, the Norfolk casino, Live! at Petersburg, Caesars at Danville, and Hard Rock at Bristol. Three are finished resorts and two are temporary floors waiting on permanent buildings in 2027. Alongside them runs a separate network of Rosie’s historical horse racing parlors. The minimum age to gamble is 21 everywhere.
- Casinos
- 53 permanent · 2 temporary
- Minimum age
- 21casinos, HHR & sports betting
- Sports betting
- Legalonline since 2021 & retail, 21+
- Regulator
- Virginia Lotteryoversees the casinos
Illustration An illustrated overview, not to scale. See the interactive map below for exact locations.
Where Virginia’s casinos are
Virginia’s casinos are scattered rather than clustered, because the law placed one in each of five separate cities instead of letting them gather in a single resort district. The densest corner is Hampton Roads in the southeast, where Rivers Casino Portsmouth and the Norfolk casino sit only a few miles apart on opposite sides of the Elizabeth River. That tidewater pair serves the largest population center in the state, the Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake metro.
The other three stand alone. Petersburg holds the central Virginia casino, Live! Casino and Hotel, set on Interstate 95 just south of Richmond, which puts it in front of the traffic running up and down the East Coast. Down on the southern border at Danville, Caesars Virginia rose on the site of the old Dan River cotton mills and pulls from north central North Carolina as much as from Virginia. Far to the southwest, where the state narrows to a point, Hard Rock Bristol sits right on the Tennessee line inside a converted shopping mall, the casino for the Tri-Cities and the Appalachian corner. The capital itself has none, since Richmond voters turned a casino down twice.
The Virginia casinos map
Verified Verified locations. The two Hampton Roads casinos sit close together; the others are spread across the center and the southern and western borders.
The five commercial casinos. Norfolk and Petersburg are temporary floors ahead of permanent resorts in 2027, and the roster is young; dated May 2026.
§ Virginia casinos by region
The hub’s routing job. Virginia’s casinos fall into three areas, each linking down to its city and casino pages as they come online.
Hampton Roads the southeast coast · Portsmouth and Norfolk
The state’s two coastal casinos sit close together on the Elizabeth River. Rivers Casino Portsmouth was the first permanent casino to open in Virginia, in January 2023, run by Rush Street Gaming. Across the water, the Norfolk casino opened a temporary floor in November 2025, a project of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe with Boyd Gaming that will become a permanent resort by 2027. Together they anchor gaming for the Norfolk and Virginia Beach metro, the largest in the state.
Central Virginia and Interstate 95 Petersburg · south of Richmond
Live! Casino and Hotel Virginia is the central option, opened as a temporary casino in January 2026 by The Cordish Companies on Interstate 95 at Petersburg. It took the fifth license after Richmond voters rejected a casino twice, and its position on the busiest highway on the East Coast gives it a steady flow of passing traffic. The permanent resort is due in 2027.
The southern and western borders Danville and Bristol
Two resorts anchor the far edges of the state. Caesars Virginia opened at Danville in December 2024 on the site of the historic Dan River mills, right on the North Carolina line and within easy reach of Greensboro and the Piedmont Triad. Hard Rock Bristol, open as a full resort since November 2024, sits at the southwestern tip on the Tennessee border, built into a former mall and serving the Tri-Cities region that straddles the state line.
Casino laws and minimum age in Virginia
Casino gambling is new and tightly framed in Virginia. A 2020 law let casinos open by local referendum in five named cities, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Danville, Bristol, and Richmond, with one casino allowed in each. Richmond is the gap: its voters rejected the idea in 2021 and again in 2023, so the General Assembly moved the fifth license to Petersburg, which approved it. The casinos are commercial operations regulated by the Virginia Lottery, and two of the five involve Native nations as partners, the Pamunkey at Norfolk and the Eastern Band of Cherokee at Danville, though all five are licensed under the same state framework rather than as tribal casinos.
The minimum age is 21 at every casino, for the historical horse racing machines, and for sports betting. Pari-mutuel horse racing and the state lottery are open at 18. Sports betting has been legal since January 2021, both online statewide and at the casinos. Hours and rules can change, so confirm the current age and policies with the property before planning around them.
Dated fact Minimum age 21 at every Virginia casino, for historical horse racing, and for sports betting, with pari-mutuel racing and the lottery at 18. Verified May 2026. Recheck before relying on it.
Rosie’s and historical horse racing
Before the casinos arrived, Virginia opened a different door to slot style gaming through historical horse racing. These machines look and play much like slots but draw their outcomes from a database of past races, and the state legalized them in 2018 to revive its dormant horse industry. Colonial Downs, the racetrack at New Kent, reopened on the strength of them and now runs the Rosie’s Gaming Emporium chain, owned by Churchill Downs. Rosie’s parlors operate around the state at New Kent, Richmond, Hampton, Vinton near Roanoke, Collinsville, and elsewhere, with the largest being the Rose Gaming Resort at Dumfries in the northern Virginia suburbs near Washington. They are not casinos in the full sense, with no craps or roulette, but for much of the state they were the first legal gaming floors, and they remain the closest option in regions far from the five casino cities. The minimum age is 21.
The biggest casinos in Virginia
The largest floors so far belong to the two southern border resorts that opened as finished buildings. Hard Rock Bristol fills a former shopping mall with a large gaming floor, a hotel, and a concert venue, the entertainment anchor for the Tri-Cities. Caesars Virginia at Danville pairs its floor with a hotel tower and a theater on the old mill site. Rivers Portsmouth is a substantial floor as well, though without the resort scale of the two border properties. The picture will change in 2027, when Norfolk and Petersburg replace their temporary casinos with full resorts, so the ranking of biggest Virginia casinos is very much a moving target rather than a settled list.
Sports betting in Virginia
Virginia was an early mover on sports betting, launching a regulated online market on the first day of 2021, well before most of its casinos existed. Today you can bet from a phone anywhere in the state through a set of licensed apps, and the casinos run their own retail sportsbooks on the floor. The minimum age is 21, the same as the casino games. For a visitor that means the wagering is not tied to being inside a casino, but the in person books at Rivers, Hard Rock, and Caesars give the larger properties another draw.
Virginia casino questions
Q. How many casinos are in Virginia?
Five commercial casinos as of 2026, one each in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Petersburg, Danville, and Bristol. Three are permanent resorts (Portsmouth, Danville, Bristol), while Norfolk and Petersburg opened temporary casinos ahead of permanent resorts due in 2027. The state also has a network of Rosie's historical horse racing parlors.
Q. Where are Virginia's casinos?
Two are in Hampton Roads, at Portsmouth and Norfolk. One sits in central Virginia at Petersburg on Interstate 95 south of Richmond. The other two are on the state's southern and western edges, Caesars at Danville near the North Carolina line and Hard Rock at Bristol on the Tennessee border.
Q. What is the minimum gambling age in Virginia?
It is 21 at the casinos, for historical horse racing machines, and for sports betting. Pari-mutuel horse racing and the state lottery are 18 and over. Confirm at the venue, since policies can change.
Q. What is the largest casino in Virginia?
Among the permanent resorts, Hard Rock Bristol and Caesars Virginia at Danville are the biggest floors. The ranking will shift once Norfolk and Petersburg finish their permanent resorts in 2027, so any biggest casino claim here is a snapshot dated May 2026.
Q. Did Richmond get a casino?
No. Richmond voters rejected casino referendums in both 2021 and 2023, and the fifth license was reassigned to Petersburg, which approved its casino and opened a temporary facility in January 2026.
Q. Is sports betting legal in Virginia, and what is Rosie's?
Sports betting is legal, online since January 2021 and at the casinos, for bettors 21 and over. Rosie's Gaming Emporium is a separate chain of historical horse racing parlors run by Colonial Downs, with slot-like machines rather than table games, at sites including New Kent, Richmond, Hampton, Vinton, and the large Rose Gaming Resort at Dumfries near Washington.
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Editorial note
Reviewed by the CasinosMap editorial desk. The roster of five commercial casinos, their cities, operators, and permanent or temporary status were checked against current authoritative sources rather than prior knowledge, including the Norfolk and Petersburg temporary openings and the Richmond referendum outcome. The minimum age, sports betting status, regulator, and the Rosie's historical horse racing network were verified from current sources. Counts and statuses are dated and treated as a snapshot, since the permanent resorts are still being built.
Sources
- Virginia Lottery casino regulator, the five authorized cities, minimum age
- 500 Nations Virginia casino roster, operators, opening dates and status, Richmond outcome
- Rosie's Gaming Emporium / Colonial Downs historical horse racing locations and 21 and over age
- Operator and local coverage Norfolk and Petersburg temporary openings, permanent resort timelines