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About Harrington Raceway & Casino

Harrington Raceway & Casino is a Delaware racino at 18500 S Dupont Highway in Harrington, Delaware, operated by Midway Slots at Harrington Raceway (formerly known by that name). The gaming operation opened in 1996 when Delaware authorized slot machines at its three licensed racetracks under the Video Lottery Act. The facility now runs 1,800 gaming machines, 42 table games, and a 10-table poker room on a 24/7 schedule, with live harness racing, a Race & Sports Book, simulcasting, restaurant, self-parking, and valet on site. The minimum gambling age is 21, and gaming is regulated by the Delaware Division of Gaming Enforcement. Website: harringtonraceway.com.

Harrington is in Kent County in central Delaware, approximately 35 miles south of Dover and 85 miles south of Wilmington via US-13 (S Dupont Highway). The 18500 S Dupont Highway address is directly on the state’s principal north-south highway artery, making the facility accessible from both the Wilmington/Philadelphia market to the north and the Delaware beach communities (Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach) to the southeast.

Harrington Raceway is one of three Delaware gaming facilities authorized under the state’s racino framework, which links gaming to the pre-existing horse racing industry. The Harrington fairgrounds historically hosted the Delaware State Fair alongside the racetrack, making the S Dupont Highway corridor a multi-use entertainment destination. The current gaming operation is notable for its No Craps Craps and other specialty table game formats that reflect Delaware’s specific gaming regulatory history.

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Table Games and Specialty Formats

Harrington Raceway & Casino runs 42 table game positions including 21+3, 3 Card Poker, Big 6 (Money Wheel), Electronic Tables, Four Card Poker, House Money (Blackjack side bet), In Bet, Mississippi Stud w/ 3 Card Bonus, No Craps Craps, Spanish 21, and Video Poker.

No Craps Craps is a card-based craps simulation in which a dealer draws cards from a shuffled shoe to determine outcomes corresponding to standard craps roll values — the full pass line, don’t pass, come, place, proposition, and field bet structure applies to the card-drawn results. Delaware gaming regulations originally restricted dice games; No Craps Craps was developed as a compliant format that preserves the craps wagering experience. It is available at multiple Delaware racino facilities.

21+3 is a Blackjack side bet in which the player’s first two cards and the dealer’s upcard form a three-card poker hand — paying on flushes, straights, three of a kind, and straight flushes. Mississippi Stud with 3 Card Bonus adds a three-card bonus side bet to standard Mississippi Stud. Spanish 21 uses a 48-card deck with all tens removed and offers liberal player rules. Big 6 (Money Wheel / Wheel of Fortune) is a vertical wheel with segments paying 1:1 through 40:1 on a single spin. House Money is a Blackjack side bet using the prior hand’s winnings as a next-hand ante.

Poker Room and Racing

Harrington Raceway’s 10-table poker room spreads 7 Card Stud, Mixed Games, NL Hold’em, and Omaha Hi-Lo cash games. 7 Card Stud and Omaha Hi-Lo alongside Mixed Games give the room more format variety than the NL-only standard at many Mid-Atlantic poker operations. Current stakes and running games are at harringtonraceway.com.

Harness racing at Harrington is live standardbred racing — trotters and pacers driven by sulky — on the facility’s track. The Delaware State Fairgrounds adjacent to the Harrington Raceway site has historically made the Harrington corridor a multi-day destination during the annual fair. Simulcasting brings live racing from tracks nationally year-round; the Race & Sports Book handles both horse race wagering and sports betting under Delaware’s regulatory framework.

Specialty Side Bets and Unique Formats

Beyond the main table game spread, Harrington Raceway & Casino offers House Money, In Bet, and Big 6 as supplementary gaming formats.

House Money is a patented Blackjack side bet (developed by SHFL Entertainment) that allows players to roll their previous-hand winnings automatically into a next-hand wager. A winning House Money side bet pays immediately, and if the player wins the main Blackjack hand as well, the payout is doubled. In Bet is a specialty auxiliary wagering format available on Blackjack. Big 6 (Money Wheel) is one of the oldest standalone casino games — a vertical spinning wheel with 54 segments paying various multipliers on a single spin.

Location

Harrington Raceway & Casino is at 18500 S Dupont Highway in Harrington, Delaware. US-13 (S Dupont Highway) runs directly through Harrington; the racino is on the highway. Dover is approximately 35 miles north via US-13. Rehoboth Beach is approximately 45 miles southeast via US-13 south and DE-1 east. Wilmington is approximately 85 miles north. Self-parking and valet are on site.

★ Editor note

Delaware's southern racino — No Craps Craps, 7 Card Stud, harness racing, and House Money on S Dupont Highway

Harrington Raceway & Casino is the most distinctive of Delaware's three gaming facilities for its table game menu: No Craps Craps preserves the full craps betting structure in card form, a format unique to Delaware's regulatory environment. The 10-table poker room's 7 Card Stud and Mixed Games alongside NL Hold'em and Omaha Hi-Lo give it more format depth than typical Mid-Atlantic racino rooms. House Money and Big 6 add historical casino-game variety. Live harness racing anchors the property in the standardbred racing tradition of central Delaware. Check harringtonraceway.com for current schedules — the site was unreachable during our data collection.

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Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor