Which Las Vegas Casino Has the Most Slot and Video Poker Machines?

Which Las Vegas casino has the most slot and video poker machines?

A big thank you to the 65 of you who participated in our little guessing game. We hope you had a little fun doing so.

And kudos to MannyB007, Lysle Pietsch, Kevin Rough, Kevin, Diane Crosby, John Rutecki, Alohafri, Mike Scudiero, Francis Romano, Vegas Vic, Dachuda, Loyd Vegas, dblund, and jonanderson for the correct answer.

Also, a lot of you, starting with Jackie, were on the right track, naming many of the locals casinos, and you'll understand why in a moment.

Here are the casinos with the most slot machines in Las Vegas.

Yes, Red Rock Resort, way out in Summerlin, boasts the most gaming machines on the casino floor with 2,545. Red Rock is followed by Boulder Station with 2,279. Third is Green Valley Ranch with 2,199, then the Orleans with 2,094. Closing out the top five is Sunset Station with 2,030.

Four of the five are Station casinos, one is Boyd, and none is on -- or even close to -- the Strip.

If you’re surprised that no Strip casino made the list (we certainly were), you can chalk it up to locals casinos drawing a more slot-oriented clientele, which is also why they're historically light on table-game revenues.

Though they have fewer machines, Strip casinos draw the majority of their gross gaming revenue from their slots (the $385 million in May set an all-time high for Strip slot revenue). Also, Strip slots tend to be set more tightly, holding more of the drop, so locals casinos need a greater inventory of bandits to see the same bang for their machine buck.

Another thing to keep in mind is that there has definitely been a trend toward fewer machines on casino floors in recent years. By removing rarely used machines, you can open up your casino floor more and focus on games that are more popular with players. Also, the new breed of slot machines is a lot bigger than the old, so fewer machines take up more floor space.

You might also be surprised by the number of slots at the biggest Strip casinos. The Wynn has the most at 1,850, followed by Caesars Palace at 1,600, Venetian with 1,430, Resorts World 1,400, Bellagio 1,383, Cosmopolitan 1,344, Aria 1,317, and MGM Grand 1,200 (yes, the huge MGM Grand casino is eighth on the Strip), Flamingo 1,097, Circus Circus 1,076, and Mandalay Bay 1,067. Circa, downtown, has 1,354. (All numbers are accurate as of March 31 and courtesy of the Gaming Control Board's "Unrestricted Count" spreadsheet.)

Beyond Las Vegas, we understand that the Winstar in Oklahoma is the world's largest casino, with an astounding 7,500 machines. Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa has right around 5,000 and Foxwoods has approximately 3,500.

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Jackie Jul-14-2021

Thanks for the mention QoD

It only made sense to me that local casinos would have the most slots as locals would know what a rip off the strip is on slots.

I lived in Texas before moving to Nevada and went to the Winstar in OK just across the TX border.
Interesting history as all Native casinos in OK could only offer live Bingo games and slots based on Bingo.  As laws about Native casinos improved to allow Vegas style gaming, Winstar took it's Bingo money, quadrupled it's casino size, built a hotel, converted it's Bingo slots to Vegas style slots and doubled their slot count, offered one of the largest poker rooms that the Bellagio would envy, opened a sports book, and included every table game known.  Their parking lot would always show one OK plate per 20 TX plates. No other OK casino grew to anywhere near Winstar's size.  Oh, and they still have the largest Bingo hall anywhere which was the first to offer smoking and non-smoking rooms and Bingo computers.

Vegas could learn a lot from Winstar management.

Tim Jul-14-2021

Winstar

Table game antes at Winstar are horrible. 50 cents a hand on bets up to $100, after $100 it goes to a $1 per hand. Craps table is $1 ante on each come out roll. Roll a 7 on the come out you win the Pass bet, but have to pay another $1 ante for the next roll. I believe roulette is also $1 ante per spin. The sportsbook is OTB only, no professional sports betting. 

If/when Texas gets casinos, Winstar will be done. Many Texans believe Winstar is in the back pocket of law makers in TX, preventing them from approving casinos in Texas.

Kevin Rough Jul-14-2021

Thanks

I couldn't believe all the people who kept saying MGM.  The casino floor at MGM is so open there are large spaces between machines.  At Stations' casinos the machines are all stacked on top of each other.

Kevin Lewis Jul-14-2021

Slot players' heaven

It had to be a locals' casino. Blowing the ol' paycheck at the slots has become a cherished part of Vegas life (to the point where I've wondered if it's somehow mandatory, like if your player's cards show no activity for a given month, you get a higher electric bill).

When I reflect on it, Elmer Fudd's favowite casino, Wed Wock, is an obvious choice. It's a veritable sea of slots. Their buffet was good, too. Of course, that's in the past tense, which is too bad. Your paycheck usually lasted long enough at the high-payback slots and VP to earn you a buffet meal.

alohafri Jul-14-2021

Answer

As for the fewest, if that becomes a question, I'd have to say ParkMGM. Their casino is pretty small and spread out.

Jerry Patey Jul-14-2021

Slots

Many of us said local casinos with strip not even on the list. Many not five or six said this. Surprised strip not on list?  That is strange statement. The payback on dollar machines is 90%. 25cent less nickels ? Jesus and 1cent 82 -84 %. 

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Roy Furukawa Jul-14-2021

MGM 8th?!

That was a surprise considering how massive the casino floor is at the MGM. I was thinking they were top 3 on the strip at the very least.

gaattc2001 Jul-19-2021

My information on Winstar is pretty old,

but when I left Dallas in 2011 it was absolutely huge. They had areas pretty cheesily themed like Paris, London, Beijing, Madrid, etc. and you could hike through them one after another for what seemed like miles, surrounded by slot machines. They had a poker room and occasional blackjack tournaments, and fried chicken gizzards at the buffet. That's gotta count for something.

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