America’s Cigar-Friendly Casinos
Arizona
Harrah’s Ak-Chin, Maricopa
Just outside of Phoenix, this casino has a small smoker-friendly section, 23 table games and more than 1,000 slots.
California
Cache Creek, Brooks
This large casino allows cigars, and has a full array of table games.
Graton, Rohnert Park
About an hour from Napa is this serious casino, with a smoking section.
Hard Rock, Wheatland
More than 1,600 slot machines and table games, with a smoking section.
Jackson Rancheria, Jackson
About three dozen table games, 1,700 machines and a smoking section.
Jamul Casino, Jamul
You can smoke in much of this casino, with table games and plenty of slots.
Yaamava’ Resort & Casino, Highland
Visit the cigar-friendly Y Lounge, for VIPs and high-stakes players.
Colorado
Wild Card Saloon, Black Hawk
This slots-only site has fought smoking bans to keep the stogies lit.
Connecticut
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville
Both Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods now prohibit smoking on the casino floor. Mohegan Sun has plans to bring back its Clay Pipe cigar bar and lounge.
Florida
Seminole Hard Rock, Hollywood
You can’t miss this resort, which has a unique guitar-shaped tower that lights up the night. The hotel is decorated with music memorabilia (is that Tom Petty’s guitar on the wall?) and the arena hosts serious musical acts. The casino is large, with 200 table games, more than 3,000 slots and a poker room. Cigars are sold throughout the property (including at a 24-hour shop called Seminole Cigar Landing) and you can puff at several bars and lounges, fitting for the hotel that hosts Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest.
—David Savona
Seminole Hard Rock, Tampa
Smoking is allowed in various parts of this casino, which has nearly 250,000 square feet of gaming space.
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene Casino, Worley
A 60,000-square-foot casino complete with a humidor and cigars for sale.
Illinois
Ameristar Casino, East Chicago
About 20 miles from downtown Chicago is this casino with a smoking section, 46 table games and 1,000 slots.
Indiana
Caesars Southern Indiana, Elizabeth
A host of table games at this casino including craps with 20 times odds.
Hard Rock Casino, Gary
Eighty tables, slots and a smoking area.
Kansas
Hollywood, Kansas City
You can view the Kansas Speedway from this casino, which has smoking areas, 40 table games and about 2,000 slots.
Kansas Star, Mulvane
This Boyd Gaming property has 1,600 slot machines, 50 table games and spots for smokers.
Louisiana
Golden Nugget, Lake Charles
More than 1,600 slots, 87 table games and a handful of poker tables.
Horseshoe, Bossier City
A mix of games (130 video poker machines alone), slots and smoker sections.
Maryland
Live Casino and Hotel, Hanover
Maryland law prohibits smoking inside casinos, so the Maryland Live! Casino and Hotel decided to get creative to find a way to welcome cigar lovers. In 2018, they built the 8,500-square-foot Orchid Gaming & Smoking Patio, essentially a casino outside the casino, with an elegant bar, specially built humidors stocked with premium smokes, 12 live-action table games, 28 electronic gaming tables and 150 slot machines. The ambiance is relaxing, with a garden-like atmosphere, waterfall and a chic design.
—Garrett Rutledge
Mississippi
Beau Rivage, Biloxi
There are designated smoking areas at this beautiful casino, built by Steve Wynn with a look reminiscent of the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Hard Rock, Biloxi
Quite cigar-friendly, allowing puffing at casino bars and tables.
Missouri
Bally’s, Kansas City
A casino with smoking sections and nearly 900 slots.
Hollywood Casino, Maryland Heights
A 120,000-square-foot casino with around 100 table games and 2,000 slots.
Lumière Place, St. Louis
You’ll find a poker room, 1,400 slots and almost 60 table games at this casino.
River City, St. Louis
With a look reminiscent of the early 1900s this is a big casino, with a 90,000-square-foot gaming floor.
Nevada (Las Vegas)
Aria Resort and Casino
Aria has its own brand of cigars for sale, and for true high rollers, the resort has a cigar cart and cigar butler.
Bellagio
The posh Baccarat Bar is a high-end, cigar-friendly lounge.
Caesars Palace
Hail Caesar, as this vast casino resort has not one, but two world-class cigar bars. Casa Fuente has rarities you won’t find anywhere else and the Montecristo Cigar Bar has a great selection of whiskies and other spirits.
Circa Resort and Casino
This luxe downtown resort has the Legacy Club, a cigar-friendly lounge with a huge outdoor terrace.
Cosmopolitan
The multilevel Chandelier Bar is an upscale spot to smoke.
Encore and The Wynn
These sister properties have amazing rooms, and you can smoke in many areas of the casinos. Pro tip: The Encore is right across the street from the upscale Davidoff Cigar Bar.
Mandalay Bay
Puff away at Eye Candy plus the old-school Foundation Room, with views of the Strip.
Palazzo and The Venetian
Both The Venetian and its connected sister property Palazzo have serious cigar shopping. Places to smoke abound, none better than the Dorsey, a stylish cocktail lounge.
Paris
This resort is impossible to miss, with its miniature version of the Eiffel Tower. Napoleon’s Piano Bar has a comfortable cigar lounge, and it is slated for an expansion.
Resorts World
Resorts World is a stunning new, $4.3 billion property that opened last June, the first casino in a dozen years to open on the Las Vegas strip. The complex has three hotels, from the entry-level Hilton to the very high-end Crockfords. There’s also a superb selection of restaurants, including the newest outpost of Wally’s, which features delicious food and an amazing selection of wines, a reason the original in Beverly Hills holds a Grand Award from Wine Spectator, our sister publication. Cigar smokers will gravitate to Eight Lounge, Las Vegas’ newest and, perhaps, most upscale cigar bar and lounge. Eight is a mix of indoor and outdoor; inside is dark and elegant, outdoors is tranquil and strikingly spacious, complete with an outdoor fireplace. The drinks are upscale and pricey, as are the smokes in the striking, walk-in humidor. Resorts World will host the Big Smoke in November, making this even more cigar centric. And cigars are also welcome while you dine outdoors at the adjacent Brezza, a restaurant serving fine Italian food and steak.
—DS
New Jersey
The Borgata, Atlantic City
A fancy A.C. casino with smoking areas, 180 table games and plenty of slots.
Hard Rock, Atlantic City
Smoking areas and 150 table games.
New York
Turning Stone, Verona
This resort is a staple of upstate New York and features a world-class casino with 2,000 slot machines, the largest poker room in the state and 66 Vegas-style table games, including blackjack and roulette. Half of the casino floor is smoker-friendly. Look for the private cigar lounge attached to TS Steakhouse, open to anyone that dines at the restaurant. It features leather club chairs, a humidor, and a selection of cigars to enjoy while chatting about how the tables were kind, or unkind.
—GR
Oklahoma
Choctaw Casino, Durant
Oklahoma has a large number of casinos, and many allow smoking. This is one of the biggest, and it had a $600 million expansion.
River Spirit, Tulsa
You can smoke at most spots in this big casino, which has more than 3,000 machines and 23 table games.
Oregon
Three Rivers, Florence
Set on 100 acres in the Pacific Northwest, with areas for smokers.
Pennsylvania
Harrah’s, Chester
A combination racetrack and casino near Philadelphia with areas for smokers.
Hollywood Casino, Grantville
Fifty-six table games, more than 2,000 slots and smoking areas.
Washington
Northern Quest, Airway Heights
The Spokane-area casino has the Legends of Fire cigar bar.
Snoqualmie Casino, Snoqualmie
Finding a true cigar bar inside any casino is a bonus, but it’s especially rewarding when that discovery is in Washington State, home to some of the toughest smoking laws in the United States. The Snoqualmie Casino outside of Seattle has a beautiful cigar oasis called Lit Cigar Lounge, with a fine array of high-end smokes arranged in a large, stylish walk-in humidor. There are more than 200 cigars from which to choose, including Padróns, Olivas, Fuentes, Illusiones, CAO Amazon Basins, and great spirits as well, with a particularly deep bench in fine whiskies. The casino has more than 1,700 slot machines and more than 50 table games, including blackjack, baccarat, craps and roulette.
—DS
Wisconsin
Sevenwinds, Hayward
More than 600 slot machines, areas where cigars are allowed and a selection of table games.
