Bull Durham Saloon and Casino · Black Hawk

About Bull Durham Saloon and Casino

Bull Durham Saloon and Casino is a Colorado-licensed gaming property at 110 Main Street in Black Hawk, Colorado, owned and operated by Global Casinos. The property has run continuously on Black Hawk’s Main Street casino corridor since opening in 1994, making it one of the earlier establishments from Colorado’s initial wave of casino licensing. The floor carries 186 gaming machines — slot machines and video poker — regulated by the Colorado Division of Gaming. A restaurant, self-parking, and street parking are on site. The minimum gambling age is 21.

Black Hawk and its neighboring city Central City sit in the Clear Creek gulch at approximately 8,000 feet of elevation in the Front Range foothills, roughly 40 miles west of Denver via Colorado 119 and US-6 through Clear Creek Canyon. Colorado voters approved Amendment 4 in November 1990, authorizing limited-stakes gaming in Black Hawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek beginning in October 1991. The initial $5 maximum bet limit — and subsequent expansion to $100 in 2009, along with authorization for roulette and craps — shaped the development trajectory of the Black Hawk gaming district. Bull Durham Saloon and Casino opened three years into that first era, during the gold-rush aesthetic phase of Colorado’s gaming corridor, when most properties were fit into historic commercial storefronts along Main Street.

Today, Black Hawk’s Main Street is anchored by large resort-casino hotel complexes built after 2009, but smaller standalone properties like Bull Durham continue to operate within that same landscape. Global Casinos brings operational experience across multiple Colorado gaming venues to this property. The saloon format — named with a nod to the culture of the original Colorado mining boom — has remained a consistent part of the Black Hawk identity since the early 1990s licensing era.

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Gaming at Bull Durham Saloon and Casino

Bull Durham Saloon and Casino runs 186 gaming machines split between slot machines and video poker, authorized under Colorado Limited Gaming regulations. No table games — live blackjack, roulette, or craps — appear in our directory data for Bull Durham; the current floor configuration should be confirmed directly with the property before visiting.

The Colorado Division of Gaming oversees all licensed casinos in Black Hawk under the Colorado Limited Gaming Act, requiring machine compliance testing, age verification, and responsible gaming postings at every licensed facility. Video poker formats in Colorado typically include Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild, and multi-hand variants across multiple denominations. Slot floors in Colorado’s mountain gaming towns cover the standard range from three-reel classics to video slots to progressive-network titles, with denominations from penny through dollar. At 186 machines, Bull Durham occupies a mid-scale position in the Black Hawk market.

The 1994 opening places Bull Durham in the property class that predates Black Hawk’s second-generation hotel tower expansion by roughly 15 years, and its operational continuity since that date makes it one of the longer-running properties in the corridor. Global Casinos, the ownership entity, manages multiple gaming properties across Colorado and brings a portfolio approach to operations that would otherwise require individual operator infrastructure for each property.

Dining, Parking, and Amenities

A restaurant and self-parking are on site at Bull Durham Saloon and Casino, with street parking also available along Main Street and adjacent blocks. No hotel is part of this property. Visitors who need overnight accommodations will find options at several hotel-casino complexes operating nearby on Main Street; those properties built substantial hotel towers following the 2009 limit expansion.

The on-site restaurant is consistent with the saloon-and-dining format that defined smaller Colorado gaming properties in the early 1990s. Black Hawk’s dining options have grown considerably since then — several of the large hotel-casino properties now include multiple restaurant concepts — but for visitors primarily focused on the gaming floor, the on-site restaurant covers basic dining needs. Our directory data does not include restaurant hours, menus, or seating capacity for Bull Durham; confirm dining availability directly before planning a meal around a visit.

Street parking along Main Street in Black Hawk can be limited during peak weekend hours, when the Front Range metro area generates substantial traffic into the gulch. Self-parking at the property provides a more predictable option.

Location

Bull Durham Saloon and Casino is at 110 Main Street in Black Hawk, Colorado. From Denver, US-6 west through Clear Creek Canyon and Colorado 119 is the most direct approach, approximately 40 miles. An alternate route goes I-70 west to Idaho Springs, then Colorado 119 north. Clear Creek Canyon is a two-lane mountain road with limited passing opportunities; allow extra time on weekends. Self-parking and street parking are available at and near the property.

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One of Black Hawk's original casino operations — running since 1994 under Global Casinos

Bull Durham Saloon and Casino opened in 1994, three years into Colorado's casino era, and has maintained continuous operation on Main Street through the full development cycle of the Black Hawk gaming corridor. Global Casinos' multi-property approach to operations has kept this smaller slot-and-video-poker venue running alongside the large hotel-casino towers that now define the district. At 186 machines with a restaurant and parking, it offers a more compact gaming experience than the resort properties. Confirm current hours and the floor game configuration via bulldurhamcasino.com before visiting.

Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor