West Virginia Casinos Map
West Virginia has five casinos, and they sit out near the state’s edges rather than in its rugged center. This West Virginia casinos map shows all five: four are racinos built around horse or greyhound tracks, at Charles Town, Wheeling, New Cumberland, and Cross Lanes, and the fifth is the resort casino tucked inside the historic Greenbrier. The state also runs legal online casinos and sports betting. The minimum age to gamble is 21 everywhere.
- Casinos
- 54 racinos · 1 resort casino
- Minimum age
- 21casinos, online & sports betting
- Online casino
- Legalsince 2020, plus sports betting
- Regulator
- WV Lotteryoversees casinos & online
Illustration An illustrated overview, not to scale. See the interactive map below for exact locations.
Where West Virginia’s casinos are
West Virginia put its casinos where the people are, and most of the people near them live in other states. The mountainous interior has none. Instead the gaming gathers in the panhandles and along the borders, each property aimed at a metro just over the line. That pattern is the whole logic of the West Virginia casinos map, and it links up to the rest of the region through neighboring state hubs.
The biggest single market is in the east. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races sits in the narrow Eastern Panhandle, close enough to draw heavily from the Washington and Baltimore suburbs, and it is the largest casino in the state. Up in the Northern Panhandle, a thin finger of land between Ohio and Pennsylvania, two more line the Ohio River within an hour of Pittsburgh: Wheeling Island in the city of Wheeling and Mountaineer at the northern tip near New Cumberland. The remaining two anchor the south. Mardi Gras at Cross Lanes is the casino for the Charleston area in the Kanawha Valley, and far to the southeast, in the Allegheny Mountains at White Sulphur Springs, The Greenbrier hides a casino inside one of the country’s grand old resorts.
The West Virginia casinos map
Verified Verified locations. The casinos ring the state through the panhandles and corners rather than gathering in the center.
The five casinos, four of them racinos. Operators and amenities drift over time; dated May 2026.
§ West Virginia casinos by region
The hub’s routing job. West Virginia’s casinos fall into three areas, each linking down to its city and casino pages as they come online.
The Eastern Panhandle Charles Town · near Washington
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is the giant of the group, the largest floor in the state and the one with the widest reach, since the Washington and Baltimore suburbs are an easy drive away. It pairs a 24 hour gaming floor with live thoroughbred racing and a slate of dining and entertainment, run by Penn Entertainment. For much of the mid Atlantic this was the nearest full casino for years.
The Northern Panhandle and the Ohio River Wheeling and New Cumberland · near Pittsburgh
Two casinos sit in the narrow strip of land that reaches north between Ohio and Pennsylvania. Wheeling Island, on an island in the Ohio River in the city of Wheeling, runs slots, table games, and greyhound racing under Delaware North. Mountaineer at New Cumberland, near the very tip of the state by the Ohio and Pennsylvania lines, adds thoroughbred racing, a hotel, and golf under Century Casinos. Both lean on the Pittsburgh and eastern Ohio markets.
Charleston and the mountains Cross Lanes and White Sulphur Springs
The southern pair are very different. Mardi Gras at Cross Lanes is the practical casino for the Charleston metro, with table games, a poker room, greyhound racing, and a hotel just outside the capital. Two hours east, deep in the Allegheny Mountains, The Greenbrier runs an entirely different kind of room, a discreet resort casino at a National Historic Landmark hotel, open to its guests and members rather than to walk-in traffic.
Casino laws and minimum age in West Virginia
West Virginia has some of the broadest legal gambling in the eastern United States. Four of its casinos grew out of racetracks, which were allowed to add video lottery slot machines in the 1990s and later full table games, turning them into racinos. The Greenbrier added a resort casino in 2010 under a separate law for historic resorts. On top of the casinos, the state runs Limited Video Lottery, with slot style machines in licensed bars and clubs across the state, and it was an early mover online: sports betting became legal in 2018 and online casino gaming in 2020, both regulated by the West Virginia Lottery.
The minimum age is 21 at every casino, for online casino play, and for sports betting, whether retail or on a phone. The state lottery is open at 18. Hours and rules can change, and The Greenbrier in particular limits who can enter its casino, so confirm the current age and access with the property before planning around them.
Dated fact Minimum age 21 at every West Virginia casino, for online casino, and for sports betting, with the state lottery at 18. Verified May 2026. Recheck before relying on it.
How West Virginia built its casinos
West Virginia’s casino map is the product of a deliberate border strategy. Long before its neighbors had casinos, the state let its struggling racetracks install video lottery terminals, then live table games, so that gamblers from Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and eastern Ohio would cross the line to play. That is why four of the five casinos sit in the panhandles and corners, pointed outward at bigger metros, rather than serving West Virginians in the interior. The approach worked for years, but it also left the state exposed as Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and now Virginia opened casinos of their own and pulled some of that crossover traffic back home. The racinos remain, and the state has leaned on online gaming to defend its revenue.
Online casinos and sports betting in West Virginia
West Virginia is one of a small group of states where you can legally play real online casino games, not just sports. The state legalized online casino gaming in 2020 under the Interactive Wagering Act, so the same slots and table games found on the casino floors are also available through licensed apps tied to the casinos, for players 21 and over anywhere in the state. Sports betting came earlier, legalized in 2018, and runs both at the casino sportsbooks and online. The West Virginia Lottery regulates all of it. For a visitor that means the casino is no longer the only place to play, though the racino floors and The Greenbrier remain the in person draw.
The Greenbrier, a casino inside a resort
The Greenbrier is the odd one out on the map, and the most storied. The resort at White Sulphur Springs dates to the 1700s as a mountain spa, has hosted presidents and a once secret Cold War bunker for Congress, and added an underground casino in 2010. Unlike the open racino floors, the Casino Club is restricted: it is meant for overnight guests, club members, and people attending events at the resort, and it enforces a dress code in the evenings. It is less a place you drop into than part of a stay at the resort, which makes it the one West Virginia casino built around luxury rather than highway traffic.
West Virginia casino questions
Q. How many casinos are in West Virginia?
Five. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town, Wheeling Island, Mountaineer at New Cumberland, and Mardi Gras at Cross Lanes are racinos tied to horse or greyhound tracks, and The Greenbrier is a resort casino at White Sulphur Springs. The state also has online casinos and thousands of limited video lottery machines in bars and clubs.
Q. Where are West Virginia's casinos?
In the panhandles and corners, placed to draw from out of state. Charles Town sits in the Eastern Panhandle near Washington, Wheeling Island and Mountaineer are in the Northern Panhandle near Pittsburgh and Ohio, Mardi Gras is near Charleston, and The Greenbrier is in the southeastern mountains.
Q. What is the minimum gambling age in West Virginia?
It is 21 at the casinos, for online casino play, and for sports betting. The state lottery is 18 and over. Confirm at the venue, since policies can change.
Q. What is the largest casino in West Virginia?
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, which has the biggest floor in the state and sits within reach of the Washington and Baltimore metros. Sizes shift with the floor, so treat this as a snapshot dated May 2026.
Q. Is online casino legal in West Virginia?
Yes. West Virginia is one of the few states with legal online casino gaming, live since 2020 under the Interactive Wagering Act, alongside online and retail sports betting legalized in 2018. All of it is regulated by the West Virginia Lottery for players 21 and over.
Q. Can anyone visit The Greenbrier casino?
Access is restricted. The Greenbrier Casino Club is open to overnight resort guests, club members, and convention attendees, with a dress code, rather than to walk-in visitors. The four racinos, by contrast, are open casino floors.
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Editorial note
Reviewed by the CasinosMap editorial desk. The roster of five casinos, their cities, operators, racing types, and the restricted access at The Greenbrier were checked against current authoritative sources rather than prior knowledge. The minimum age, the legal online casino and sports betting status, and the West Virginia Lottery's role as regulator were verified from current sources. The largest casino claim and any counts are dated and treated as a snapshot.
Sources
- West Virginia Lottery casino and online gaming regulator, sports betting, minimum age
- Casinos.com the five West Virginia casino resorts, racing types, The Greenbrier access
- West Virginia Interactive Wagering Act legal online casino gaming since 2020
- Operator official sites Charles Town, Wheeling Island, Mountaineer, Mardi Gras, and The Greenbrier details