Where the craps tables are in Louisiana
Louisiana’s casinos spread across the whole state rather than clustering in one city. Shreveport and Bossier City in the northwest have the largest group, the Lake Charles area in the southwest has two rooms, and New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Marksville and Charenton each have one. That spread makes most Louisiana craps a road trip, not a walk.
| Region | Towns | Casinos with craps |
|---|---|---|
| Northwest (Shreveport-Bossier) | Shreveport, Bossier City | 3 |
| Southwest (Lake Charles area) | Westlake, Kinder | 2 |
| New Orleans | New Orleans | 1 |
| Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | 1 |
| Central and Acadiana | Marksville, Charenton | 2 |
Shreveport and Bossier City face each other across the Red River. Bally’s Shreveport and Sam’s Town are on the Shreveport side, and Horseshoe Bossier City is across the water, so a player from east Texas can try three tables in one evening. That makes the northwest the densest spot for craps in Louisiana.
The south of the state
Caesars New Orleans, formerly Harrah’s, sits at the foot of Canal Street near the French Quarter. The Queen Baton Rouge is downtown near the Mississippi. Both suit a city break without a car. In the southwest, Horseshoe Lake Charles is in Westlake and Coushatta Casino Resort is in Kinder, under an hour to the northeast.
The tribal resorts
Three of the nine are tribal. Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville is run by the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Coushatta by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, and Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel in Charenton by the Chitimacha Tribe. Each sits away from the big cities, and each draws a regional crowd for craps on weekends.
The biggest casinos with craps in Louisiana
Size varies a lot. The largest rooms for craps in Louisiana are Caesars New Orleans, Coushatta, Horseshoe Lake Charles and Horseshoe Bossier City, along with the Shreveport riverfront casinos. Those are the properties most likely to run more than one craps game on a busy night, and to offer a choice of minimums when they do.
Caesars Entertainment runs three of the nine: Caesars New Orleans, Horseshoe Bossier City and Horseshoe Lake Charles. Bally’s Corporation runs three more, The Queen Baton Rouge, Bally’s Shreveport and Sam’s Town Shreveport. The other three are the tribal resorts, which sets Louisiana apart from states where one kind of operator dominates the pit.
Coushatta deserves a special note for its sheer size. It is a sprawling resort in rural Allen Parish, and it pulls players from Houston and Beaumont across the Texas line. If you want a big-room craps experience in Louisiana outside New Orleans, it is the obvious name, though a phone call about table hours still makes sense.
Louisiana 9 casinos
- The Queen Baton Rouge 1717 River Park Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Horseshoe Bossier City 711 Horseshoe Boulevard, Bossier City, LA 71111 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel 832 Martin Luther King Road, Charenton, LA 70523 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Coushatta Casino Resort 777 Coushatta Drive, Kinder, LA 70648 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Paragon Casino Resort 711 Paragon Place, Marksville, LA 71351 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Caesars New Orleans 8 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Bally's Shreveport Casino & Hotel 451 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA 71101 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Sam's Town Hotel & Casino Shreveport 315 Clyde Fant Parkway, Shreveport, LA 71101 Google MapsCasino's craps page
- Horseshoe Lake Charles 100 Westlake Ave, Westlake, LA 70669 Google MapsCasino's craps page
Louisiana craps: dice, electronic and crapless
Eight of the nine casinos in our directory deal live craps with real dice. The exception is Horseshoe Lake Charles in Westlake, which lists electronic craps, where you bet at a touchscreen station. It also lists crapless craps, which makes it one of two Louisiana casinos in our data with that version of the game.
The other is Cypress Bayou in Charenton, which lists crapless craps on a live table along with Bonus Craps. In crapless craps a 2, 3, 11 or 12 on the come-out roll becomes a point instead of an instant decision. Players like the extra action, but the line bet costs much more than standard craps.
Bonus Craps, the side bet that pays when a shooter rolls all the small or all the tall numbers before a seven, is a long-odds wager. Like most proposition bets, it is priced well above the line. Treat it as a small extra on top of your main action, not as the reason to play.
Table minimums and odds the casinos publish
None of the nine Louisiana casinos in our directory publishes its craps minimums or odds limits online. The only game details the casinos publish are the crapless and Bonus Craps listings at Cypress Bayou and the electronic crapless game at Horseshoe Lake Charles. Everything else about price has to come from the pit on the day.
| Casino | City | What the casino publishes |
|---|---|---|
| Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel | Charenton | Crapless craps, Bonus Craps |
| Horseshoe Lake Charles | Westlake | Electronic crapless craps |
Ask about odds before anything else. The odds bet behind a pass line bet pays true odds and carries no house edge, so a generous limit lets you put more of your money on the cheapest bet in the building. A table that caps odds low costs you more over a night, even at the same minimum.
Minimums follow the crowd, and Louisiana crowds follow events. A Saints weekend in New Orleans or a holiday weekend in Lake Charles can push the lowest open table well above the weekday price. If you are on a budget, ring the casino before you drive and ask what the lowest craps game will be when you arrive.
Is craps legal in Louisiana?
Yes. Craps in Louisiana is legal at licensed commercial casinos and at tribal casinos. The Louisiana Gaming Control Board regulates the commercial side: the riverboat casinos, the racetrack casinos and the one land-based casino in New Orleans. The three tribal resorts operate under federal Indian gaming law and compacts with the state. The gambling age is 21.
The riverboat label is mostly history now. A 2018 change in state law let riverboat casinos move their gaming floors onto land beside their berths, and several have done so. For you at the table, it makes no difference: the dice, the layout and the rules are the same whether the floor floats or sits on a slab.
Online craps in Louisiana
Online real-money craps is not licensed in Louisiana. The state allows online sports betting in the parishes that approved it, but online casino games, including craps, are not part of that. No app or website may legally take real-money craps bets from you in Louisiana, and offshore sites hold no US license and offer no protection.
Seven states license online casinos, led by New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, for players 21 or older who are physically inside their borders. If you travel there, our page on online craps in New Jersey shows what is available. In Louisiana, the online option is practice on our free craps table.
That free table plays by standard casino rules, which makes it a good warm-up before a weekend in Shreveport or Lake Charles. You can try the line, the come bets and the proposition box and watch how each settles. Our step-by-step guide on how to play craps covers the same rules in order.
Tips for a craps trip in Louisiana
Call ahead before any long drive. Louisiana’s casinos are far apart, and a smaller room may open its craps table only in the evening or at weekends. The casino’s own website and phone line are the reliable sources for hours and limits. Our casinos directory has the numbers, and the other state guides help if Mississippi is on the route.
Hurricane season deserves a thought if you plan a coast trip between June and November. Storms can close casinos in Lake Charles and New Orleans for days, as the region learned after Hurricane Laura in 2020. Check the forecast a few days out, and confirm with the casino that the gaming floor is open before you set off.
Playing craps in Louisiana responsibly
Set a loss limit before you buy in, and keep to it. Craps is quick, and a hot shooter makes it easy to keep pressing. When gambling stops being fun, call 1-800-GAMBLER for free, confidential help, and read our page on responsible gambling for practical tools you can use before and during a trip.
Louisiana casinos offer self-exclusion programs, and the players club desk can explain how they work. One last practical detail: chips from one Louisiana casino are generally not accepted at another, even across the Red River, so cash out at the cage in Shreveport before you cross the bridge to Bossier City.