Situated across the street, the California shares ownership with the Main Street Station. There is neither a sports book, nor poker room here. There are 25 table games here with the usual suspects, (BJ, Pai Gow, etc.). Main Street Station has 800 slot machines and video poker machines, including MegaBucks of course, along with plenty of nickel slots. Inside Main Street Station just off of Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas Please note that this list contains only downtown casinos in safe, tourist-friendly areas on, or very nearby Fremont Street.Ī frequent winner of the “Best Locals Casino,” award, as voted on by readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the El Cortez draws a sizable locals crowed.īuilt in 1941, the El Cortez is located on Fremont Street in the trendy new Fremont East District.Īmong its selection of slot machines are two hundred of the old school coin-in, coin-out machines. (Each of the black dice represent one of the casinos in downtown Las Vegas)īelow is a list of the casinos you’ll find in downtown Las Vegas. You’ll find 3:2 blackjack here, even at the lowest limits. By that I mean the minimums are lower, the drinks flow more freely, and the games have better odds. The nice thing about downtown Las Vegas casinos compared to Strip casinos is that downtown is more player friendly. These twelve downtown casinos range from small, old school joints, to large, modern casinos rivaling the nicest casinos found on the Strip.