Gambling In West Virginia

If you are going to be visiting West Virginia then you will find five main facilities at which you can enjoy gambling in West Virginia, as well as many smaller venues that are allowed by the law. Legislation in the state allows for four pari-mutuel facilities, or in other words racinos, and one resort hotel that also contains a casino section, and all of these venues include VLTs (video lottery terminals) that are run by the state lottery itself. Bars or restaurants that serve alcohol are also allowed to have as many as five VLTs if they should wish to, and the resort casino is allowed to provide other games as well. These include blackjack, craps, roulette, three card poker, four card poker, let it ride, poker, pai gow poker, Caribbean stud poker, Spanish 21, and big six wheel.

Of the six main gambling facilities in West Virginia, the casino resort is The Casino Club at The Greenbrier. This is based in the city of White Sulphur Springs, and you will have to be staying at the hotel facility in order to gamble there – although the good news is that there are more than two hundred rooms available, so you should have no difficulty in finding a space. There is also a strict dress code in place, so do make sure that you check this out and arrange your wardrobe appropriately before you arrive.

There are then, of course, the racinos. The first is the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, which features four restaurants to suit your tastes as well as five fast food outlets, and thoroughbred racing live at the racetrack all year round. The Mardi Gras West Virginia Casino Resort in Cross Lanes used to be known as the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Centre, with five restaurants for you to choose from and live dog racing throughout the year. There is free RV parking here too, and valet parking for only a small fee. The Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Centre is in literally based on the island of Wheeling, with four restaurants and daily dog racing except on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Lastly, the Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort is based in Newell, and it features a massive eight restaurants as well as a big hotel to stay in. It features an eighteen hole golf course, a spa, a fitness centre, and live thoroughbred racing from Saturday through to Tuesday for you to watch and also bet on if you prefer.

Though your choices of gambling in West Virginia do seem to be somewhat limited but the facilities are of good quality, and you will find plenty of opportunities to indulge and get your latest thrills as well as hanging back and enjoying other forms of entertainment. With good food and drink on offer you may even find yourself more inclined to sit around with friends or watch the live events than gambling, but of course when you want to have a flutter you can do so in a wide variety of ways.