Iowa Casinos

Iowa has 23 casinos including four Native American casinos and 19 commerciasl, or state-licensed casinos. The state-licensed casino include 18 land based and one riverboat casino.

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Prairie Flower Casino's Large Expansion Opens Today!February 17, 2025 - Today, Prairie Flower Casino is celebrating the grand opening of its newly expanded casino. There is now more gaming space, more slots, a sportbook... Read more

Cedar Crossing Casino Celebrates Groundbreaking Feb. 7, 2025February 11, 2025 - The Cedar Crossing Casino development project struggled for a decade before it was finally approved for a gaming license from the Iowa Racing and Gaming... Read more

WarHorse Gaming turns focus to South Sioux CityDecember 2, 2024 - Now that WarHorse casinos are generating revenues in Omaha and Lincoln, the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is now turning its attention to building a new... Read more

Prairie Flower Casino celebrates 6th anniversary as expansion nears completionNovember 1, 2024 - Prairie Flower Casino is celebrating two anniversaries today! The first one is its 6th anniversary since the grand opening ... Read more

Prairie Flower Casino Expansion | June 2024 UpdateJune 20, 2024 - Construction has been underway at Prairie Flower Casino since Oct. 31, 2022 on a major expansion project. Completion was expected this summer, but delays have moved ... Read more

WinnaVegas Casino Resort celebrates 30th anniversaryApril 6, 2022 - WinnaVegas Casino is celebrating its 30th anniversary throughout the month of April. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week to kickoff the $500,000 Press for Cash contest.... Read more

Iowa Minimum Gambling Age

Minimum gambling ages are 21 years old for casinos, 21 for poker, 18 for bingo, 21 for sports betting, 21 for horse racing, 21 for the lottery.

Iowa Native American Casinos

BLACKBIRD BEND CASINO
Monoma County
17214 210th St
Onawa IA, 51040
844-622-2121
Owned by the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

MESKWAKI BINGO CASINO
Woodbury County
1504 305th Street
Tama, Iowa 52339-9697
(800) 728-4263
(800) 728-GAME
(641) 484-2108
Owned by the Sac & Fox Tribe of Mississippi in Iowa

PRAIRIE FLOWER CASINO
Pottawattamie County
1031 Ave H
Carter Lake, IA 51510
888-WIN-MORE
Owned by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska

WINNA VEGAS CASINO
Tama County
1500 330th Street
Sloan, Iowa 51055-8056
(800) 468-9466
Owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska

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Iowa State-Licensed Casinos

Black Hawk County

Clarke County

Clinton County

Clayton County

Des Moines County

Dubuque County

Green County

Linn County

Lyon County

Palo Alto County

Polk County

Pottawattamie County

Scott County

Washington County

Woodbury County

Worth County

News Headlines Continued

2022

Prairie Flower Casino breaks ground on major expansion projectNovember 7, 2022 - Prairie Flower Casino broke ground last Monday on a major construction project to expand the current casino size by seven times. The event marked the 4th anniversary of the casino... Read more

2021

Prairie Flower Casino beats Iowa, Nebraska in Federal CourtSeptember 8, 2021 - A federal appeals court handed a major victory last week to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and its Prairie Flower Casino. Both Iowa and Nebraska had sued to close the Prairie Flower Casino which.... Read more

Tribes are devastated after one year of COVID-19March 18, 2021 - As the Covid-19 pandemic began spreading across our nation last year, its impact became the most deadly in our tribal communities. Tribal economies also collapsed as casinos were shut down... Read more

2020

2020 Election: Nebraska voters approve casino gamblingNovember 8, 2020 - Nebraska voters approved three ballot measures this week to allow casino gambling at the horse racing tracks in Nebraska. The votes averaged two to one in favor of the "Keep the Money in Nebraska"... Read more

Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel named Best Overall Gaming ResortOctober 4, 2020 - Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel received several awards in the 2020 Best of Gaming Awards published by Casino Player Magazine. The Iowa casino hotel won first place... Read more

WinnaVegas Casino reopens June 12thJune 10, 2020 - WinnaVegas Casino Resort will reopen at 10 AM Friday June 12. This will be a phased-in reopening with the first phase limiting the casino operation to 50% of capacity. No smokeing, no table games, no poker,... Read more

Winnevegas Casino hosts Last Bear Moon PowwowMarch 8, 2020 - The second annual Last Bear Moon Powwow was held Feb 23 at the Winnavegas Casino Resort. More than 2,000 singers and dancers from many tribes celebrated the... Read more

2019

WinnaVegas wins "Best of Iowa" in readers surveyNovember 28, 2019 - Readers of Casino Player magazine have vote WinnaVegas Casino Resort the Best in Iowa in 19 categories including "Where You Feel the Luckiest" and "Favorite Casino Resort to Vacation At."... Read more

Prairie Flower Casino kept open by U.S. District CourtAugust 16, 2019 - The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska won another court decision Tuesday against the city government of Council Bluffs amd the state governments of Iowa and Nebraska. In U.S. District Court... Read more

Hard Rock Casino Sioux City prepares for sports bettingJune 10, 2019 - While the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is finalizing rules to regulate sports betting, Hard rock Sioux City is preparing new space to accomodate their planned sportsbook... Read more

Ponca Tribe wins federal support to keep Carter Lake casino openMay 2, 2019 - In a court fight with Nebrask, Iowa and Council Bluffs the Ponca Tribe has received federal affirmation from the NIGC of its right to keep the Prairie Flower Casino open.... Read more

2018

New Prairie Flower Casino opened Nov. 1 in Carter LakeNovember 1, 2018 - Ths a Tribe's new casino is 9,500 square feet and offers 200 electronic gaming machines. It is located 3 miles from downtown Omaha on the intersection of Ninth Street and Avenue H.... Read more

Ponca Tribe prepares to build Carter Lake casinoJuly 19, 2018 - The tribe is in the final process with the federal government to begin construction of a casino in Carter Lake north of Omaha. A ground-breaking ceremeony was held in June 2018. ... Read more