Question of the Day - 15 February 2021

Reno/Tahoe. You have Virginia Street, which is quite similar to downtown Vegas, and then you have the outlying locals' casinos--Nugget, Western Village, Atlantis, Peppermill. The gambling and the value became superior to Vegas at least a decade ago.

Furthermore, no other gambling destination has Lake Tahoe. In a little more than an hour, you can be in a fantastic outdoor playground, and there are even casinos up there if you want to stay. Carson City offers cheap lodging and casino options as well.

And what seals the deal is the weather. It's cold in the winter, but the other seasons are wonderful--not like the seventh circle of hell that is Vegas six months out of the year.

The resort district in Atlantic City is safe.  And the Boardwalk is safe as long as you don't wander.  I've never felt less safe in Atlantic City than I do in Las Vegas.  I getter better offers from Atlantic City casinos than I do from Las Vegas ones even though my play is similar.

You missed Deadwood SD. Perfect for "grazers" like me. Lot's of history interspersed with 25 small casinos. Many are clustered together although a car is nice to get to the outliers. If you're a big gambler it's not the place for you but if you want a lot of fun action and variety while you spend 2-3 hundred it's a great day/evening.

Nice article.  Caesars has sold Ballys AC to Twin Rivers which is changing its name to Ballys and claims it will renovate the property.

Macau seems like an obvious answer.

The question doesn't limit itself to within the United States or even North America so I'd include Macau, another city with many, many casinos and a long gaming history.

I have also gone to Black Hawk in Colorado as well as Cripple Creek in Colorado.  This time of year it might not be great due to the weather but in both places lots of casinos.  

You all forgot Louisiana, as both Lake Charles & Bossier-Shreveport are great markets with nice properties.  Lake Charles has great resorts and two of the three Indian Tribes have nice resorts. 

After seeing craps minimum limits go from 5-15 bucks in Lake Tahoe, and hearing how minimum limits might be 25 bucks in vegas, Reno is the best deal as far as I'm concerned, Silver Legacy and El Dorado were 10 buck min at their craps tables, and Cal Neva down the street had a 5 dollar min craps table :)  You could still find some 9/6 25 cent jacks or better machines too! And as Kevin said, there isn't a more beautiful place to see and gamble than Lake Tahoe.

If you are in the Marina district in Atlantic City you can not walk between Borgota, Harrahs, and the Golden Nugget. You either have to drive or take a roughly $10 cab ride.
If you are on the boardwalk you can walk from Oceans on one end to the Tropicana on the other and hit Hard Rock, Resorts, Caesars and Ballys in between.  

the two choices were Shreveport/Bossier City; and Winstar in Oklahoma. In Shreveport the casinos were spread out along the river. Winstar was huge, and there were other casinos in nearby towns; but it wasn't practical to "shop around" in either area.
Then there was the New Mexico corridor: in Albuquerque, and West along I-40. There were a couple of nice ones like Sky City in Acoma; but they were really spread out, and some were very small.
We left Cleveland, Ohio about the time casinos were springing up in Canada--Windsor and Niagara Falls--and before the Horseshoe came to Cleveland itself. I heard the Canadian casinos have gone downhill, partly due to enhanced border security.
All the above information is somewhat dated.
And you're right that the Phoenix casinos are spread out. All of them were on the far East and Southeast side until Desert Diamond West opened, just in time for the pandemic. For several years Laughlin has been more attractive for us, even without Colorado Belle.

Reno is very convenient for hitting many casinos in a short period of time along Virginia Street.  

I have been thinking of other places to go besides Vegas. I love to play Blackjack. Do any of those places have good  low minimum games with 3:2. In a perfect world I could walk to a few occasions like I do in Vegas and play Blackjack for 10 bucks a hand 3:2 

Did you  forget Wendover NV with its cluster of 5 casinos, low minimums, closeness of facilities, great comps, great resturants / buffets, mild weather, impressive showroom and shows, 1.5 mile strip, NO fees, free parking, free frequent shuttle well stocked gift shops, all casino options challenging 18 hole course, and on and on! !

Before the hurricane and the pandemic shut down the Isle of Capri they were charging a resort fee. I stayed at L'auberge last month and they were charging a resort fee too. I don't know about the Golden Nugget next door. So far, Coushatta (about 40 miles away)doesn't have a resort fee.

If the question is lots of casinos in one area but not necessarily walkable, there are many possibilities, and some of the comments have mentioned some of them. I was expecting the answer to include Mesquite which has several casinos all through town. The comment about New Mexico should have added that Rte66 casino is 10 miles west of town on I40, The Downs racetrack & casino is right in town and there are a couple up and down I25. Oklahoma has many tribal casinos along I44 and I40. In the small town of Miami, there are several within a few miles of each other. We often stay at Buffalo Run and  go to the others while we are there. I laughed at the answer about Tunica's "Memphis highway hub". Really? And you drive on Vegas highways? Also not mentioned is the Quad Cities. Illinois' Jumers, Iowas' Isle of Capri(now one of the Caesar's properties) and Rhythm City, and about 30 miles north, Clinton's Wild Rose. In Michiana, For Winds, Michigan and Blue Chip Indiana are less than 10 mi. away

Once a year we go the Central City/Black Hawk and find it a great getaway with colorful shops and streets, antique stores and funky bars.  SOme really small casinos and some really large ones.  

Well, you will need a car but there are some good locations in South Florida.  The Seminoles have a monopoly on table games but the Hard Rock/Hollywood is quite an impressive resort with lots of table games as well as restaurants, shopping, etc... (They also run two more casinos in the area.) There are a number of other "slots" racinos locally.  And, don't overlook the best thoroughbred racing currently in progress at Gulfstream Park.  And, you can't beat the weather down here--87 degrees today while the rest of the country shivers!

I've been to many of the areas mentioned in your answer, and my favorite by far is the Biloxi-Gulfport area. You mention the Beau Rivage, Golden Nugget (both favorites of mine) and IP (not a favorite), but there are so many more. There is a Harrah's (which I like), the Hard Rock (my absolute favorite), Boomtown (fun with a Western flair), the Scarlet Pearl (the newest addition), and the Palace (another one I really like). Then head west on Beach Blvd (US 90) and in a few miles you come to Treasure Bay, which is fairly small but another of my favorites. Continue to Gulfport and just past where US 49 intersects with Beach Blvd you'll come to the Island View, which is another of my favorites. It has two separate hotels, both with casinos. I prefer the rooms in the original one, which is on the land side of the highway, but I like both casinos. The new one, on the Gulf side, is totally non-smoking. 

I'll have to leave a second comment to finish the area.

Continue west from Gulfport on US 90, a beautiful drive along the Gulf, until you reach the beautiful bridge which spans an inlet of the Gulf. It's new, built to replace the bridge that was destroyed by Katrina, and it's a lovely drive. Just over the bridge in Bay St. Louis is the Hollywood Casino, another of my favorites. Finally, even farther west, is the Silver Slipper. It's cute, but fairly small and hard to reach so I've only been there 3 or 4 times.

I receive fairly good offers from several of my favorite casinos, even though I'm not a big gambler and play mostly the penny slots. I get free rooms for 2 or 3 nights and some food. I also find that I usually lose less in Mississippi than I do in Vegas. I love the area with its beautiful beaches and scenery, good but rarely expensive restaurants, and friendly people. You need a car to casino hop, but all have free parking. There is also fairly good shopping. In short, the Gulf Coast is where I go more often than Vegas these days.

Yes, I vote for Reno/Lake Tahoe area, second only to Vegas. While there, visit the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. I have not been there since the pandemic hit but it has been my choice of lodging and fun seeking. I agree with what has been said about the Lake Tahoe area. Harrah’s and Harveys, Hard Rock, and the Nugget are my places to stay and play. 

Laughlin was the non-Vegas place I patronized the most during the 2000's. Except for the Tropicana (which used to be the Ramada), all of the casinos were on the river side of the "casino drag", and they all were joined with the walkway along the river called the River Walk. That's how you get from one casino to the next. For a while, Laughlin had the best inventories of full-pay video poker; now it's not as good. One place, the Riverside, though it doesn't have good video poker, has lots of features, including a bowling alley and a 6-plex movie theater (unless the pandemic has now closed one or both). But it has a couple of nice restaurants with nice views. Laughlin lacks the crowds and noise and intensity of Vegas; it's the choice among people, like old folks, who don't like "the rat race". It's a shame that you need a car to get there (unless you're one of the few preferred players whom the casinos fly in on tiny jets to the tiny airport). Go in Nov-Dec-Jan-Feb to avoid the heat.

Multiple areas outside of Vegas?

Lots of places mentioned in and out side of Nevada.
But no mention of Primm, Jean, or Pahrump.

Primm with two casinos (Clark County).
Jean with three casinos (Clark County).
Pahrump with three casinos along with three "Mom & Pop" joints (Nye County).
All three cities in Nevada and I've been to all three and played in the dozen casinos more or less.

But Reno is my favorite Nevada casinos where Virginia Street reminds me of downtown Vegas before the street closure and massive TV screen in the "roof".

I've been to a lot of the casinos mentioned especially those on the Gulf coast but WindStarr in Oklahoma (Just over the Texas border)is my favorite out side of Nevada casino, played there from it's beginning as a Bingo Hall up to the full featured Mega-resort it is today.

Did you  forget Wendover NV with its cluster of 5 casinos, low minimums, closeness of facilities, great comps, great resturants / buffets, mild weather, impressive showroom and shows, 1.5 mile strip, NO fees, free parking, free frequent shuttle well stocked gift shops, all casino options challenging 18 hole course, and on and on! !

You've got some out of the way places in Nevada that are pretty good for casino hopping -- Jackpot, Elko, Winnemucca and Ely aren't any place you'll plan a vacation to, but Cactus Petes in Jackpot has the best VP variety for 400 miles in any direction, and the Hotel Nevada in Ely has some really super low limits on what are really high variance games (.01 Ultimate X 10-play, for example).