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Y! MyWebGet your casino fix just a short drive away
Thursday, March 27, 2008
OK, it's no Las Vegas, but if you're looking for some casino action nearby, Indiana has a lot to offer.
Our neighbor state has legal riverboat gambling, so check out these casinos located a short drive from Cincinnati. So play some slots or table games such as Roulette, or try your hand at poker. Be sure to check out a variety of restaurants and bars while you're there (and if you go at the right time, some live entertainment). An added bonus: if you can't drive home, these casinos all have hotels.
Argosy Lawrenceburg
Address: 777 Argosy Parkway, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Phone: (888) ARGOSY-7
Web site: www.argosy.com/cincinnati
Hours: Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Casino: Argosy VI is a three-level, riverboat casino with 2,300 slot machines and more than 80 tables, plus a poker room with daily tournaments.
Hotel: The 300-room Argosy hotel offers deluxe rooms and suites and wireless internet throughout the building. The hotel is attached via accessway to the entertainment pavilion so guests can easily travel to the restaurants, bars, and lounges, and then down the concourse to the riverboat casino. Shuttle service is available to and from many downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky hotels as well as the airport. See www.argosy.com for a complete list.
Restaurants: From romantic dining at Bogarts' Grille, quick Café fare at Jonathan's and the Riviera Café and a sports bar atmosphere in the Chart Room. Argosy's five restaurants can accommodate a variety of tastes and moods. And for those who can't decide, the Passport Buffet has even more selections, plus a midnight buffet every Friday and Saturday night.
Entertainment: Live music is on tap along with drinks every Friday and Saturday night in the Pavilion or The Chart Room.
Directions: Argosy Casino is located 20 minutes west of Cincinnati in Lawrenceburg, Ind. From Dayton, take 75 South to 275 West. Follow signs for 275 South to Lawrenceburg. Take exit 16 for Lawrencburg and then take Route 50 West. Make a left onto Argosy Parkway.
Belterra
Address: 777 Belterra Drive, Belterra, Ind.
Phone: (888) BELTERRA
Web site: www.belterracasino.com
Hours: Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Casino: A riverboat casino with two floors of slots holding more than 400 games, and table games including the classic Blackjack, Craps and Roulette, plus Three Card Poker, Caribbean Stud and Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em. The poker room offers daily tournaments.
Hotel: A 600-room hotel offers double and king size rooms and suites. Other resort amenities include an 18-hole golf course, salon and spa.
Restaurants: For upscale dining, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse is open Sunday to Thursday 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Ultimate Buffet offers a themed buffet each night and is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, plus brunch on Sundays. The Aquarium and Casino Cafés offer quick, casual fare. The casino also includes a Starbuck's and a Ben and Jerry's Scoop Shop on site.
Entertainment: The Centerstage Showroom brings in well-known rock and country music acts as well as sporting events such as Mixed Martial Arts matches and boxing. Most shows are on Saturday nights.
Directions: Take I-75 South to I-71 South. Follow to exit 55. Turn right at the stop sign and continue to the Markland Dam Bridge into Indiana. At the stop sign, make a left onto Hwy. 156 East. Belterra Casino Resort & Spa is located approximately 1 mile on the right.
Grand Victoria Casino and Resort
Address: 600 Grand Victoria Drive, Rising Sun, Ind.
Phone: (812) 438-1234 or (800) GRAND-11
Web site: www.grandvictoria.com
Hours: Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Casino: In addition to more than 1,400 slot machines, the Grand Victoria riverboat houses table games and poker tournaments. They also offer learn to play sessions for some of the classic table games on the weekends.
Hotel: The 200-room Hyatt hotel offers king and queen rooms overlooking either the riverboat or the Links Golf Course.
Restaurants: The River View Buffet is an all-you-can-eat option overlooking the scenic Ohio River. Wellington's Steakhouse features fresh meats and seafood alongside an extensive wine list and desserts. Picadilly's Deli is the place for sandwiches, pastries and cookies. And Big Vic's Pub & Grub offers the sports bar atmosphere with free live entertainment on most Friday and Saturday nights.
Directions: Take I-75 South and go to I-275 West. Take I-275 West and go to I-275 South. Take US 50 Exit 16. Turn left (west) onto US 50 and go 6 miles to Indiana 56 & 350 in Aurora. Turn left (west) on Indiana 56. Go 8 miles to Rising Sun and the entrance to Grand Victoria Casino & Resort is on the left.
