This tribal casino is closed
Havasu Landing Resort and Casino at 13145 Havasu Lake Road in Havasu Lake, California is permanently closed. The property was owned and operated by the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe and licensed under a Class III tribal-state gaming compact with the state of California, regulated by the California Gambling Control Commission / Bureau of Gambling Control. The 21+ minimum age applied consistent with California tribal gaming law.
Havasu Landing sat on the California shoreline of Lake Havasu, a Colorado River reservoir that straddles the California-Arizona border near Needles. The property was one of a handful of California tribal casinos along the Colorado River corridor and drew a blended player base of weekend boaters, snowbirds, and border-town regulars crossing over from Lake Havasu City on the Arizona side.
Unlike California card rooms, tribal casinos in the state can spread house-banked table games under their compacts — the house can bank blackjack, roulette, and other formats directly without a third-party proposition player. That distinction matters to anyone deciding between a California card room and a California tribal property. Havasu Landing leveraged that compact advantage: the floor ran classic blackjack, American roulette, and a spread of electronic machines in a resort setting on the water.
The property offered a full resort experience with a hotel, spa, pool, gym, nightclub, RV park, arcade, and ADA-accessible facilities — plus a players club called the KAN Restaurant Hivikan Lounge Players Club that provided dining comps and rewards. Promotions, events, dining, and hotel information were all live on the property’s website during its operating window. The venue was open 24/7 and offered self-parking and valet service.
Phone lines at (760) 858-6325, (760) 858-4593, and (760) 903-6601 served guests during operations, with separate email addresses for the resort, casino, and hotel.
Havasu Landing Resort and Casino at a glance
A riverfront resort that no longer takes bets
Havasu Landing Resort and Casino is one of 2 casino entries we list in Havasu Lake. The Chemehuevi Indian Tribe operated the property as a full resort — hotel, spa, pool, dining, and a 320-machine casino floor right on the Colorado River. If you are routing through the Needles area and looking for table games, check the Quechan Resort Casino to the south or cross the river to Arizona-side tribal properties in the Parker and Lake Havasu City areas.
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Havasu Landing Resort and Casino
Havasu Lake, California
Games — what was on the floor
Havasu Landing Resort carried a mid-sized tribal casino floor with six game types spanning table games and electronic machines. The spread was compact but functional for a resort venue serving a seasonal and tourist-heavy player base on Lake Havasu.
Games at Havasu Landing Resort and Casino (directory listing)
As a tribal property under a California Class III compact, Havasu Landing could spread house-banked blackjack and American roulette — a structural advantage over player-banked California card rooms. The 320 gaming machines put the floor in the mid-sized category for a California tribal property, larger than most card rooms but smaller than the thousand-plus-machine mega-resorts in the Coachella Valley and San Diego County.
No dedicated poker room appears in directory data for this address. Sports betting was not legal in California during the property’s operating window and remains unauthorized after both 2022 ballot measures failed.
Location & access
Havasu Landing Resort and Casino occupied a waterfront site at 13145 Havasu Lake Road on the California shoreline of Lake Havasu, roughly 35 miles south of Needles and about 10 miles across the lake from Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The property sat in the Chemehuevi Valley within the Chemehuevi Indian Reservation, accessible via Havasu Lake Road off Highway 95 — the primary north-south route on the California side of the Colorado River between Needles and Blythe.
The resort’s location on the lake made it a draw for boaters and water-sports visitors who wanted a casino stop during a Lake Havasu trip — a niche that few other California casinos in the desert could match.
Where Lake Havasu visitors can play now
What the directory data shows
Strengths and gaps inferred from games, features, and peer count in our CSV-backed directory — not a substitute for a property visit.
Strengths
6- 6 game types on file — solid for a mid-sized tribal casino
- 320 gaming machines on file
- Lake Havasu waterfront location — unique among California casinos
- Resort amenities: hotel, spa, pool, RV park, arcade, nightclub
- 24/7 operating tag in directory
- Players club with dining comps
Watch-outs
5- Property is closed — confirm open alternatives before traveling
- No dedicated poker room in directory tags
- No sports betting (not legal in California)
- 2 entries in Havasu Lake — limited local peer options
- Low data-confidence listing — some amenity counts may be historical
Licensing & Rules
- Age Requirement
- 21++
- Sportsbook
- Not legal
