Oldest casinos in Illinois still open

Illinois has 7 casinos, according to the market’s official registry (Illinois Gaming Board). Illinois Gaming Board commercial casinos outside the Chicagoland visitor zone (Chicago metro + Rockford). Fairmount Park racino, tribal casinos, video gaming terminals and online brands are not included.

You must be 21 or older to enter a gaming floor in Illinois. Carry a valid government-issued photo ID.

A shortlist is a curated set of venues for one visitor situation — famous floors, poker rooms, free parking, downtown walks. Each shortlist is its own page with an explicit ranking rule, not a dump of every licence row.

Start with a shortlist that matches the night — first-timer, poker, downtown, free parking — then open two or three profiles for hours, parking and floor size. Use filters on a shortlist page to narrow further.

Ordered by opening year — oldest first

For Illinois, table-game and slot totals come from official reports published by Illinois Gaming Board and related registry files — the same numbers the state publishes. Profile pages show the source and check date.

No. CasinoList covers land-based, licensed floors you can walk into. Online casinos, apps and grey-market venues stay off the catalog.

No. Rankings and shortlist membership are never sold. Ads policy and editorial rules are published on our methodology page.

We refresh registry-backed inventory when new official reports land, and re-check operator facts on a desk schedule. Each profile shows when a field was last verified.

Free parking means our visit block records free self-park as published. Fees and validation rules can change — confirm on site or on the operator’s page before you drive in.