Casino Nanaimo is a recently renovated 17,000 square foot gaming space and is located in Nanaimo (the \u2018Harbour City\u2019) which is along the east coast of south central Vancouver Island. Nanaimo is British Columbia\u2019s sixth largest city. It is about 110\u00a0kilometres northwest of\u00a0Victoria and 55\u00a0kilometres west of\u00a0Vancouver, separated by the Strait of Georgia. The nearest airport is Nanaimo airport \u2013 about a 20 minute drive from the casino. Driving from Victoria airport will take you about one and a half hours. It takes just under three hours to get there from downtown Vancouver via ferry from Horseshoe Bay \u2013 Departure Bay. The crossing takes just over one and a half hours and there are regular departures. You could also get there via seaplane from Vancouver harbour \u2013 the flight takes about 15 minutes. The harbour is less than a ten minute walk from the casino.<\/p>\n
Located in downtown Nanaimo, beside the Port Place Shopping Centre, the casino offers convenient free parking on site and at the adjacent Vancouver Island Conference Centre. It does not have an on-site hotel but there are plenty in its vicinity including the Coast Bastion Inn, Best Western Plus Dorchester Hotel and Days Inn.<\/p>\n
The casino offers a wide variety of popular card tables and slot machine games. It has over 400 slot machines including new ones as well as old favourites. There are slot jackpots up to $200,000. Table games featured are electronic Roulette, Fortune Pai Gow, EZ Baccarat, Texas Hold\u2019em Bonus Poker and Blackjack. There is no live Poker. Complimentary coffee, tea and soft drinks are available for players on the gaming floor. The casino operates the Encore Rewards scheme at three levels of membership with various benefits. Other amenities include Racebook for off-track betting to watch and wager on races from around the world. Food and beverages can be found at the fully licensed Black Diamond Bar & Grille, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadiancasinos.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/local-casinos\/104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadiancasinos.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/local-casinos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadiancasinos.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/local-casinos"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadiancasinos.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}