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35 Indian casinos owned by 25 tribes

Washington Indian Casinos

Washington State has 35 Indian casinos owned by 25 tribes. (Source: National Indian Gaming Commission)

Washinton's Indian casinos are located across 15 counties. Snohomish County has the most tribal casinos with five. It is followed by King County with four.

Each casino tribe is federally-recognized and its casinos are approved and regulated by the U.S. Interior Department. These tribes have also signed a gaming compact with the Washington State Gambling Commission to share revenues and to limit the type of casino games that can be played.

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Minimum Gambling Age

You must be 18 years or older to gamble in Washington State.

State Authorized Games

The following casino games have been authorized by the Washington State Gambling Commission.

Washington Indian Gaming Class III Authorized Games
Class III games are played against the house.

Blackjack, Baccarat, Big 6, Chuck-a-Luck, Craps, Keno, Off Track Betting, Pai Gow Poker, Poker (Class III), Red Dog, Roulette, Sic-Bo, and Tribal Lotteries.

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Washington Casino Map

Click on any of the Washington counties on the map below to find local casino information, or scroll below the map to search an alphabetical listing of counties and their casinos.

To find casino information using an alphabetical listing of casino names, go to our page Washington Casino List. You can also go find casino information at Casinos by Tribes.

County List of Washington Casinos

CHELAN COUNTY

Mill Bay Casino
455 Wapato Lake Road
Manson, WA 98831-9577
1-800-648-2946

CLALLAM COUNTY

7 Cedars Casino
270756 Highway 101
Sequim, Washington 98382-7677
(360) 683-7777

Elwha River Casino
631 Stratton Road
Port Angeles, WA 98363
(360)452-3005

CLARK COUNTY

Ilani Casino Resort
1 Cowlitz Way
Ridgefield, WA 9864
(877) 464-5264

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Colville Casino in Pasco (Potential)
Franklin County, WA

GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY

Quinault Beach Resort & Casino
78 St. Rt. 115
Ocean Shores, Washington 98569
(360) 289-9466

KING COUNTY

Muckleshoot Casino
2402 Auburn Way South
Auburn, Washington 98002
(800) 804-4944

Muckleshoot Casino II
2402 Auburn Way S.
Auburn, WA 98002
800-804-4944

Snoqualmie Casino
37500 SE North Bend Way
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
425-888-1234

KITSAP COUNTY

Suquamish Clearwater Casino
15347 Suquamish Way
Suquamish, Washington 98392-9649
(360) 598-8700

The Point Casino
7989 Salish Lane NE
Kingston, WA 98346
(360) 297-0070

MASON COUNTY

Little Creek Casino Resort
91 West State Route 108
Shelton, Washington 98584
(360) 427-7711

Lucky Dog Casino
19330 N US Highway 101
Skokomish Nation, WA 98584
(360) 877-5656

OKANOGAN COUNTY

12 Tribes Resort Casino
28968 US-97
Omak, WA 98841
(866) 203-9202

Coulee Dam Casino
515 Birch Street
Coulee Dam, WA 99116
509-633-0766

PACIFIC COUNTY

Shoalwater Bay Casino
4112 Highway 105
Tokeland, Washington 98590
360-267-2048
888-332-2048

PIERCE COUNTY

BJ's Bingo and Gaming
4411 Pacific Highway East Fife, WA 98424
(253) 922-0430

Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma
2920 East R Street
Tacoma, WA 98404-4974
253-594-7777

Emerald Queen Hotel & Casino
5700 Pacific Hwy. E
Fife, WA 98424
888-831-7655

SKAGIT COUNTY

Skagit Valley Casino Resort
Operated by Harrah's Ent
5984 N. Dark Lane
Bow, WA 98232
(360) 724-7777

Swinomish Casino & Lodge
12885 Casino Drive
Anacortes, Washington 98221-8363
(360) 293-2691

SNOHOMISH COUNTY

Angel of the Winds Casino
3438 Stoluckquamish Lane
Arlington, Washington 98223
(360) 474-9740

Last Chance Bingo and Casino
5318 Chief Brown Lane
Darrington, WA 98241

Quil Ceda Creek Casino
6221 31st Ave NE
Tulalip, WA 98271
360-716-1700

Tulalip Resort Casino
Tulalip Tribes
10200 Quil Ceda Blvd.
Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 651-1111

SPOKANE COUNTY

Northern Quest Resort & Casino
100 North Hayford Road
Airway Heights, WA 99001
(509) 242-7000

Spokane Tribe Casino
14300 W SR-2 Hwy
Airway Heights, WA
(509) 818-1501

STEVENS COUNTY

Chewelah Casino
2555 Smith Road
Chewelah, Washington 99109-9689
(800) 322-2788
(509) 258-9845

Two Rivers Casino & Resort
Spokane Tribe of Indians
6828-B Highway 25
Davenport, WA 99122
(800) 722-4031

THURSTON COUNTY

Lucky Eagle Casino
12888 188th Avenue SW
Rochester, WA 98579
360-273-2000

Red Wind Casino
12819 Yelm Highway Southeast
Olympia, Washington 98513-9111
(360) 412-5000
(866) 946-2444

WHATCOM COUNTY

Northwood Casino
9750 Northwood Road
Lynden WA 98264
(360) 734-5101

Silver Reef Casino
4876 Haxton Way at Slater Road
Ferndale, WA 98248
(360) 383-0777
(866) 383-0777

YAKIMA COUNTY

Yakama Legends Casino
580 Fort Road
Toppenish, Washington 98948
(509) 865-8800

News Articles

Four Washington tribes seeking first sportsbook licenses

July 15, 2020

Four Washington tribes are currently negotiating licensing details with the state Gambling Commission for authorization to offer sports betting at their casinos. The four tribes are the Tulalip, Suquamish, Snoqualmie and Kalispel. Each hopes to open their sportsbook operations before the end of 2020.

Washington became the 21st state to legalize sports betting in March 2020. The law limits bets to be placed with tribal casinos only, no online betting is allowed except at a casino, and bets can be placed on professional sports but not collegiate games.

The four tribes seeking the first sportsbook licenses own the following casinos:

Kalispel Tribe of Indians

Northern Quest Resort & Casino
100 North Hayford Road, Airway Heights, WA 99001
(509) 242-7000 (877) 871-6772

Snoqualmie Tribe

Snoqualmie Casino
37500 SE North Bend Way, Snoqualmie, WA 98065
425-888-1234

Suquamish Tribe

Clearwater Casino
15347 Suquamish Way, Suquamish, Washington 98392-9649
(360) 598-8700

Tulalip Tribes

Quil Ceda Creek Casino
6221 31st Ave NE, Tulalip, WA 98271
360-716-1700

Tulalip Resort Casino
10200 Quil Ceda Blvd., Tulalip, WA 98271
(360) 651-1111

There are 25 other federally-recognized tribes in Washington that may also seek licensing for sports wagering.

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Washington tribes reopened half of state's casinos in May

June 1, 2020

Washington tribes reopened 16 of the state's 35 casinos last month. New health protocols require no smoking, face masks and social distancing resulting in limitation of crowd sizes, operating hours, gaming machines, table games, restaurants and entertainment venues.

The casinos that reopened are listed here by date:

May 5 Northern Quest Resort & Casino is Reopened!
May 13 Angel of the Wind Casino
May 18 Emerald Queen Casino in Fife
May 18 Clearwater Casino Resort
May 18 Little Creek Casino
May 18 Red Wind Casino
May 19 12 Tribes Resort Casino
May 19 Coulee Dam Casino
May 19 Mill Bay Casino
May 26 Tulalip Resort Casino
May 26 Quil Ceda Creek Casino
May 26 Muckleshoot Casino'
May 28 ilani Casino Resort
May 28 Quinault Beach Resort & Casino

Additional casinos have announced opening dates in early June:

June 1 The Point Casino & Hotel
June 8 Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma (New)

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Washington becomes 21st state to allow sports betting

March 25, 2020

Today Gov. Inslee Gov. Inslee signed legislation to allow sports betting inside all Washington Indian casinos. Card rooms are excluded and mobile betting is limited to within casinos.

SUMMARY

• All bets must be placed inside licensed Indian casinos.

• Tribes must negotiate terms and conditions with the State to add sports betting to their gaming compacts.

• Betting is allowed on all professional sports except for minor league professional events.

• Betting is allowed on all college games except in-state colleges.

• Mobile betting is prohibited except inside a licensed Indian casino.

• The Washington State Gambling Commission will provide regulatory oversight to all sports betting operations.

There is no timeline to opening the first sportsbook in the state. The next step is state licensing of casinos via their gaming compacts. The following step will be investments by the casinos into betting facilities and gaming software. Hopefully, at that point COVID-19 will longer be a health threat and casinos will be operating again.

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Bill Would Allow Sports Betting at Washington Indian Casinos

February 11, 2019

House Bill 1975 seeks to authorize sports betting only inside the tribal casino of the state. This would include betting on both college and professional sports.

Bets could be placed with a casino teller or at a kiosk within the casino. Bets could also be placed by mobile phone but only inside an Indian casino.

If passed, each tribe would be required to renegotiate their gaming compacts with the state to add the terms for regulating and taxing the sports waging. This is required by Indian gaming laws of the federal government and may take a year or more before betting can begin.

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Kalispel Tribe plans for $10.5M casino at Kalispel Park

May 02, 2018

More plans have been announced for a new casino project by the Kalispel Tribe. The project is estimated to be finished by the end of this year and will cost $10.5 million to complete.

In addition to the casino, there will also be a market offering fresh food and a fuel station. There will also be an RV resort offering rental of storage units and tiny homes.

The project will be built in Cusick on the tribes' original reservation.

In the summer of last year ground was broken. During the winter and spring construction and building have continued to take place.

Over 100 slot machines will be in operation when the casino opens. There will be a player's club loyalty program. Future plans for the casino could include table games. That will depend on demand from guests.

Dining will be available. There will be a restaurant with 70 seats. Also, a 150 guest banquet room.

Casual dining will be available at the mezzanine at the Kalispel Market. It will also offer fresh groceries, convenience shopping, and vendors can rent space just outside. A laundry that is coin operated, shower and restrooms. Seven pumps at the fueling station.

33 sites will offer full hook ups at the Kalispel RV Resort. Guests will have access to internet, water, power, and sewer. Plus, a dump station for the RVs. Eight tiny homes will be available to rent.

Scheduled to be completed and open to the public by this summer will be the Kalispel Storage, Kalispel Market, and the Kalispel RV Park.

50 construction jobs have been created by the park alone. When opened, it will employ 75 people to fill both full and part time positions.

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Slot machines often get a bad rap from gambling writers. But the truth is, slot machines are the perfect gambling activity for certain types of people. They’re easy to understand, they’re easy to play, and they offer the possibility of big winnings.

The unicorns that most gamblers are looking for in the casino, though, are the loosest slot machines. What does that mean?

When a gambler describes a slot machine as “loose” or “tight,” she’s usually referring to the payback percentage for the game. Slots with a higher payback percentage than average are loose, while slots with a lower payback percentage than average are tight. Loose slots usually have a higher hit ratio than tight slots, too.

You’ll find plenty of inaccurate information about how to find the loosest slot machines in the casino. I try to avoid most of those inaccuracies in this post, but I do want to begin with a warning:

The probabilities involved with slot machines are “opaque.” That means you don’t have any way of knowing what the payback percentage for any particular slot machine game is. The random number generator that determines the outcomes is programmed to have each symbol come up with a certain probability, but there’s no way of knowing if that number has been set to 1/6 or 1/60. Even observing a large number of spins only provides limited insight into these probabilities.

You do know what the payouts are for the various combinations. But since that’s only half the equation, you can’t really know whether a game is loose or tight except anecdotally. I’m going to assume that anecdotal evidence has some value, but in terms of math, science, and statistics, anecdotal has no value at all.

1- Look for the Loose Slot Machines in the Locations Where Loose Slot Machines Are Found

Casino mapping is a real thing, but it’s not as simple as some gamblers would have you believe. If finding the loose slot machines were as easy as just playing the games located nearest the walkways, everyone would play those games to the exclusion of the other games.

That being said, it might be worth giving those games a try if they look like fun. They’re not more likely to be tighter than the other machines than any other game on the casino floor.

I’ve read that some areas in the casino have lower payout machines than others, and it might be wise to avoid games in those areas. These might include:

• The main slot machine floor. These games probably see the most action, so it would make sense for them to have lower payback percentages.
• Near the table games. These games see more than their fair share of action, too. The same reasoning would apply.
• Near the poker room. I’ve seen some gamblers swear that these are the worst machines in the casino. You have to wonder about a poker player who spends a lot of time playing slots, though.

Of course, there are other locations where the loosest machines might be located. Depending on whom you believe, these might include:

• Anywhere that gets more traffic than usual. For example, if a slot machine is located near the elevators, it might have higher payouts to attract play from someone who might not otherwise play.
• Anywhere that another gambler recommends. This is, of course, the classic mistake—relying on anecdotal evidence. It’s possible, though, that you might find a slot machine player who’s been paying close attention and knows where the loose machines are.

In fact, that leads me to my next point…

2- Don’t Be Afraid to Ask

The obvious person to ask about the location in the casino of the loosest slot machines is someone who works there. This isn’t a guarantee that she’ll be able to direct you to a loose machine, but she might have some insight based on her observations. Depending on how long she’s worked at the casino, she’s probably seen tens of thousands of even hundreds of thousands of gamblers over her career there. She might have noticed that a lot of them seem to be winning on slot machines in a certain location.

If you’re dealing with a cocktail waitress, it’s a good idea to tip generously. For that matter, no matter what they do at the casino, if they try to help you find a loose gambling machine, tip them. At some casinos, employees are forbidden from suggesting specific games. Sometimes you’ll find casino employees who just don’t want to be bothered with such concerns, too. Don’t be a jerk if that’s the case.

3- Don’t Play Slot Machines That AREN’T in Casinos

In towns like Las Vegas, slot machines are everywhere, in all kinds of businesses. Every bar in the city seems to have some slot machines. The airport is full of slot machines, too. You can even find slot machines in the gas stations and convenience stores.

We know one thing for certain about slot machine games in these non-casino locations:

Casinos, on the other hand, are competing with other casinos for the mindshare and hard-earned dollars of the casino gamblers. Since they’re in competition with the other casinos, they must offer payback percentages that are as good as their competitors’ or better.

This is one ironclad rule for finding the loosest slot machines in the casino:

ONLY play slot machines in a casino, not the slot machines in other businesses. That’s as good a starting point as any. The difference could be as significant as the difference between a 94% payback percentage and a 74% payback percentage.

Assuming you’re a conservative, low-stakes player, here’s the difference in predicted hourly loss between those 2 examples:

• Assume 400 spins per hour at $1.25 per spin, for $500 per hour in action.
• A game with a 94% payback percentage will see predicted losses of $30/hour.
• A game with a 74% payback percentage, though, will see predicted losses of $130/hour.

If that difference doesn’t seem significant to you, what are you doing playing penny slots anyway?

4- Look for the Plainest, Most Boring Games with the Fewest Paylines

Generally, the slot machines with lots of paylines have lower payout percentages. They’re able to compensate for this psychologically by having a high hit frequency. With 25 paylines, you might win something on almost every spin, even if it’s an amount lower than the amount you wagered in total.

For example, you might be playing a penny game with a max bet of 5 coins and 25 paylines. You’re betting $1.25 every time you spin the reels. Many times, 1 or 2 paylines might win, but the payout on those bets might only be 50 cents. That’s a lot compared to the nickel you bet on that individual payline, but you bet on 25 paylines, remember?

Since such games have no bonus features or bells and whistles, the casino can afford to have them pay out more than the big fancy games. I had a lot of fun on The Big Lebowski slot machines recently, but I can’t even imagine what such a big impressive game like that must cost a casino. The cost of the machine alone must be outrageous.

5- Stick with the Flat Top Slot Machines

Slot machines can be broadly lumped into 2 different categories:

• Progressives
• Flat tops

A flat top slot machine is a game with a jackpot (top prize) of a fixed amount. This amount is usually 1000 times the size of your bet, give or take.

For that matter, you probably won’t get rich playing progressive slots, either. The odds of winning the jackpot are just terrible, comparable to playing the lottery. Sure, some people win the lottery. But I can’t imagine playing a game with a house edge that large repeatedly, hundreds of times per hour.

6- Play the Highest Denomination Game You Can Afford

You’d probably be surprised to know that penny slots are often as expensive to play (or even more expensive) than dollar slots. Here’s why:

Most penny slots require you to wager 5 credits or more per spin. It’s also hard to resist betting on multiple paylines. It’s easy to find a game with 5 coin bets on each line and with 25 paylines. Before you know it, you’re betting $1.25 on every spin.

But you could switch to a dollar slot machine and probably do a lot better. For one thing, you could just bet a dollar per spin on a single payline. Now you’re betting less per spin than you were on the quarter machine. But what’s really impressive is the difference in payback percentage.

Suppose you play 600 spins per hour on that penny machine. You’re putting $750 in action each hour–$1.25 per spin multiplied by the 600 spins per hour. With an 88.49% payback percentage, in the long run, you’ll average $663.68 back per hour. That’s an average loss per hour of $86.33.

No play those same 600 spins on a dollar machine, betting only a dollar on each spin. That’s $600 in action multiplied by 92.63% to get an average payback amount of $44.22. You’ll lose HALF the money on the dollar slot as you would the penny slot! That’s a significant difference, and one you should take note of.

Just be careful and read the pay tables. Slot machines vary a lot from one machine to another, and you should always play enough coins to activate the biggest jackpot. If the ratios change based on playing for fewer coins, you want to avoid that game or bet max coin. You might be surprised at how many slot machines DON’T require you to place a max coin bet, too, though.

7- Try Online Slot Machines

Since online casinos don’t have all the brick and mortar expenses of land-based casinos, their games sometimes offer higher payback percentages. You must balance this with the trustworthiness of the casino, though. Some internet casinos are notoriously hard to cash out of.

Of course, if you stick with the casinos recommended on this site, you probably won’t have to worry about that. Our team of casino reviewers and researchers has thoroughly vetted the properties we list here on our site.

And if you take how competitive they are as a measure for how loose their games must be to attract customers, you’ll find that the casinos on the web are even more competitive than the casinos in Las Vegas.

8- Track Your Results and Make Some Assumptions

I recently visited a casino and tracked my results carefully on a machine. Of course, there’s nothing especially scientific about 200 spins on a machine, but you’re still operating from more data than most players if you do this.

It’s not hard to project a payback percentage, either. Start by writing down how much money you put in the machine. Then count how many spins you make on that machine. When you cash out of the machine, take a note of how much you’ve lost. You multiply the number of spins you made by how much you were betting per spin. You divide the total amount of money you lost by how many spins you made. Then you know the average loss per spin and can convert it into a payback percentage.

In my case, I was betting $1.25 per spin, so I put $250 in to action over 200 spins. I lost $50, which amounts to 25 cents per spin. 25 cents divided by $1.25 is 20%, which is the house edge. The payback percentage is the amount you get to keep—in this case, 80%. (You just subtract it from 100%.) Your goal is to find a payback percentage that’s better than average. Tracking your results this way also makes playing slot machines more interesting, because you have something to pay attention to.

There’s no scientific way to find the slot machines with the best payback percentage—the loosest slot machines. We have some ideas that are something more than guesswork, but they’re also a far cry from anything scientific.You can follow every piece of advice in this post and still lose more money at slot machines than you ever thought possible. My suggestion is to keep a careful budget for your gambling, and only play with money you can afford to lose.

Gambling at a casino—especially on slot machines—should be considered an entertainment expense. Budget for it accordingly, and if you occasionally win, great. But don’t count on it.

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