Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino · Coarsegold

About Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino

Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino is a tribal gaming resort at 711 Lucky Lane in Coarsegold, California, owned and operated by the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians. The property has operated since 2003 and runs 1,700 slot machines and 36 table games on a 24/7 schedule, with a restaurant, resort facilities, and self-parking on site. Gaming is regulated by the California Gambling Control Commission and the Bureau of Gambling Control. Phone: 866-7WIN-WIN. Confirm current contact details at the property — the casino website had availability issues at time of data collection.

Coarsegold is in Madera County along CA-41 in the Sierra Nevada foothills, approximately 28 miles north of Fresno and 50 miles south of Yosemite Valley. CA-41 is the primary southern approach to Yosemite National Park from the San Joaquin Valley; Chukchansi Gold sits directly on this route. For Central Valley and Bay Area visitors making the Yosemite drive, the property is the primary tribal casino destination on the CA-41 corridor, drawing both local foothills traffic and Yosemite-bound travelers.

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Coarsegold, California

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Gaming Floor

Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino’s gaming floor holds 1,700 slot machines and 36 table game positions. The spread includes 3 Card Poker, Bingo, Blackjack, Blackjack Match the Dealer, Craps, Crazy 4 Poker, Dragon Bonus Baccarat, Electronic Bingo, EZ Pai Gow, Fortune Pai Gow Poker, Midi-Baccarat, Mini-Baccarat, Mississippi Stud, Mystery Card Roulette, Pai Gow Poker, Roulette, Spanish 21, and Ultimate Texas Hold’em.

Craps and Roulette are available as Class III games under the Chukchansi tribal-state compact — both are unavailable at California state-licensed card rooms. Mystery Card Roulette is an additional card-based roulette variant on the floor, giving the property both a standard roulette wheel format and a card-deal version.

Dragon Bonus Baccarat adds a side bet paying on natural wins and non-natural wins by large margins — the higher the winning margin, the larger the bonus payout. It is available at relatively few Central Valley properties. EZ Pai Gow removes the banker commission from Pai Gow Poker by adjusting the push rules on specific dealer hands, similar to the EZ Baccarat format. Blackjack Match the Dealer is a side bet paying when one or both of the player’s cards match the dealer’s up card in rank or suit.

Crazy 4 Poker is a six-card poker game in which players arrange their best four-card hand from six cards and compete against the dealer’s four-card hand. Mississippi Stud is a five-card progressive community card game paying on pairs of jacks or better. Electronic Bingo refers to video bingo terminals running alongside the live bingo operation.

Tribal Context

Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino is owned and operated by the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, a federally recognized tribal nation with reservation lands in Madera County, California. The Chukchansi (also spelled Chowchilla or Yokuts in related historical contexts) are a Southern Sierra Miwok-adjacent Yokuts group with traditional lands in the San Joaquin Valley foothills around the South Fork Merced and Fresno rivers. The Picayune Rancheria’s reservation is near Coarsegold along CA-41. Gaming at Chukchansi Gold operates under the tribal-state compact with California authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.

Location

Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino is at 711 Lucky Lane in Coarsegold, California. CA-41 northbound from Fresno passes directly through Coarsegold en route to Oakhurst, Bass Lake, and the South Entrance of Yosemite National Park. The property is approximately 28 miles north of Fresno (via CA-41) and 50 miles south of the Yosemite Valley entrance. Self-parking is available on site.

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The gateway tribal casino on the Yosemite southern approach

Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino sits directly on CA-41 between Fresno and Yosemite Valley — which is the primary reason it draws from beyond the local Madera County market. The 19-format table game floor, including Craps, Roulette, Dragon Bonus Baccarat, and EZ Pai Gow, is the most varied Class III spread in this part of the Central Valley foothills. No poker room appears in our data, so Hold'em players should confirm live game availability before making the drive.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor