Given the potentially subjective nature of creating a ranking of the 10 best casinos in the world, it’s important that the establishments are assessed on a number of different factors – and not just their size or the amount of tables within each property.
While many casino rankings focus primarily on size, Gambling.com’s list of the 10 best casinos in the world looks beyond scale, evaluating venues based on their game offerings, layout and design, overall ambience, quality of facilities, catering and hospitality services, entertainment options, accommodation, and historical or iconic significance. Although some large casinos do appear, their inclusion reflects excellence across these criteria rather than size alone. Not every casino listed fulfils all these elements, but each has been carefully assessed using these key factors to identify the most outstanding gaming destinations globally.
1. Bellagio, Las Vegas
The Bellagio Casino is one of the most iconic casinos in the world, with its famous fountains and ornate decor really catching the eye. It stands out as one of the premier properties, despite no longer being one of the new kids on the block on a busy Vegas Strip.
It opened for business in 1998, and is perhaps best known for the starring role it played as the location for the main heist in the 2001 blockbuster movie, Ocean’s Eleven.
It is one of two Las Vegas representatives in the Top 10, along with the Wynn-Encore at #5.
2. Casino De Monte-Carlo, Monaco
The Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco is one of the most historic gambling venues in the world. It opened in 1865, and is housed in a beautiful building designed by Charles Garnier, surrounded by delightfully manicured gardens.
Although it is one of the major attractions of the principality, local citizens (known as Monegasque) are prohibited from gambling within its lavish walls.
The casino is known for having had many famous real life and fictional visitors. Perhaps the best-known of the fictional variety is James Bond, who gambled at the casino in more than one of the 007 movies.
3. The Venetian, Cotai, Macau
The Venetian in Macau has the biggest gaming floor of any casino in the world, with 800 gaming tables. While this isn’t the original Venetian Casino (the first being in Las Vegas), when it comes to gaming, it is far bigger than that original casino.
The Cotai Strip casino has been designed in the same way, with precise details of original designs from Venice worked in, to give the venue as authentic a feel as possible.
4. Grand Lisboa, Macau
This is another of the large Macau casinos to make the list, but this one is not on the Cotai Strip, but in the older part of Macau. The Grand Lisboa has been included mainly due to the unusual design of the building, which has a unique lotus flower-themed glass exterior.
The property is a part of the business empire created by the late Stanley Ho, who owned a large number of the casinos in the former Portuguese colony. Macau was handed back to China in 1999 at the same time as the UK relinquished neighbouring Hong Kong.
5. Wynn-Encore, Las Vegas
The Wynn and Encore are interconnected sister casinos in Las Vegas. The Wynn opened in 2005 at a cost of $2.7bn for owner Steve Wynn, while the Encore was completed in 2008.
Between the two there are 4,750 hotel rooms and 183,000 square feet of gaming space. There are 1,800 slots, more than 135 gaming tables, a 28-table poker room and a large sportsbook in each property.
6. The Hippodrome, London
Situated in the heart of London, adjacent to bustling Leicester Square, The Hippodrome Casino is housed inside a historic venue in London’s entertainment centre, just off Charing Cross Road. This UK casino underwent a major renovation before reopening as a casino in 2012.
7. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, is one of the best-known casino resorts in the US. It opened in 2004 and is owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida Indians. The resort has 140,000 square feet of gaming space and 1,275 luxurious hotel rooms, surrounding a large lagoon-style pool area.
It is best-known for one of its three hotels, The Guitar Hotel, which is a glass-fronted 450-foot replica of a Gibson guitar, with 35 floors of guest accommodation. As per other Hard Rock properties, rock and roll memorabilia is draped all over the place, especially in the guitar hotel.
8. Kings Casino, Rozvadov, Czechia
Rozvadov is a small village in Czechia, situated on the border with Germany. It began life as a small slots casino attracting day trippers from across the border. Early on its existence, it began to specialise in poker tournaments.
For over a year it ran a weekly tournament, which missed its prize pool guarantee almost every single time, until the venue’s reputation began to spread. It soon became recognised as one of the most serious poker venues in Europe and the casino then began to expand.
9. Marina Sands Bay, Singapore
The Marina Sands in Singapore is more than just a casino, with the lavish resort, which opened in 2010, being the most expensive one ever built – costing almost £7bn to construct.
In addition to the 600 gaming tables and 2,300 slot machines, the property also includes a 2,500-room hotel. The world’s largest infinity swimming pool is situated on the Sands Skypark, a platform which extends across the top of the hotel’s three main towers.
10. Casino De Venezia, Venice, Italy
One of the benefits of visiting this casino is that you actually are in Venice and don’t need to create an artificial version of the city, as has been done in Las Vegas and Macau.
The casino in Venice is one of the oldest casinos in the world and is situated in a historic building directly on the Grand Canal that runs through the famous city. You can cross the river in a real life gondola and then walk the final few yards to the casino entrance, before beginning your gaming session.
By Gregory O'NeillGreg is a modern-day explorer with an insatiable love for travel. His passion for adventure has led him to far-flung corners of the world, where he immerses himself in diverse cultures and experiences. Greg's zest for life is epitomized by a continuous pursuit of new horizons and captivating journeys.
