Harrah's St. Louis
Harrah's St. Louis is a 120,000-square-foot facility with 2,800 slots and video poker machines. The casino also offers a poker room, which hosts Texas Hold 'em tournaments on a daily basis and makes available a massage service for those caught in a long game.
Harrah's has more than 90 table games, including blackjack, roulette, craps and Caribbean Stud. The casino is home to VooDoo and iBar bars, and Charlie Gitto's From the Hill, The Ranch Steakhouse and Sammy's Beach Bar & Grill restaurants. A buffet is also available.
VooDoo hosts live music and is open until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Luxury rooms at the hotel are furnished with a 37-inch flat screen television, safe, WiFi service, a refrigerator, coffee maker and ironing equipment.
Harrah's St. Louis
777 Casino Center Dr.
Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043
(314) 770-8100
harrahsstlouis.com
Lumière Place
Lumière Place features 2,200 machines, 55 table games and a poker room with 13 tables. The poker room offers Texas Hold' em and Omaha poker games. Burger Bar St. Louis, a burger joint with French influence, is located within the casino, as are Sleek, an upscale steakhouse, and Asia, a restaurant serving Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese food.
Gamblers can stay at the HoteLumière on the premises. The hotel offers an indoor swimming pool and a fitness center with cardiovascular machines and free weights.
Lumière Place
999 N. 2nd St.
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
(314) 881-7777
lumiereplace.com
President Casino
Slots and video poker machines -- 696 of them in all -- draw players to the President Casino, 73,500-square-foot stationary boat on the St. Louis River. The President's poker room houses Texas Hold' em games, as well as nine tables of blackjack, craps and roulette. One restaurant, the River's Edge Deli, serves American cuisine on the premises.
President Casino
1000 N. Leonor K. Sullivan Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
(314) 622-3000
presidentcasino.com/stlouis
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