Q Casino

About Q Casino

Q Casino is an Iowa-licensed commercial casino at 1855 Greyhound Park Road in Dubuque, Iowa, with the gaming license held by the City of Dubuque — one of the very few municipally owned casinos in the United States. The facility has operated under successive brand names: Dubuque Greyhound Park (1985), Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino (1995), Mystique (2009), and Q Casino (2017). The floor runs 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games on a 24/7 schedule, with a 4-table poker room spreading Crazy Pineapple and other rare formats, bar, restaurant, self-parking, and valet on site. The minimum gambling age is 21, regulated by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. Website: qcasinoandhotel.com.

Dubuque is in Dubuque County in the northeastern corner of Iowa on the Mississippi River, approximately 185 miles northeast of Des Moines via US-20 and approximately 90 miles northwest of Chicago via US-20 and I-90. The Greyhound Park Road address reflects the property’s origins as a greyhound racing facility — Q Casino still offers greyhound simulcasting alongside its casino floor, continuing the racing heritage even as live greyhound racing has faded nationally.

The City of Dubuque holds the gaming license and receives casino revenues for municipal programs, parks, and economic development — the city-owned casino model treats gaming as a public revenue mechanism rather than a private profit enterprise.

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Table Games with Specialty Formats

Q Casino runs 22 table game positions including 21+3, Blackjack, Blackjack Switch, Craps, Crazy 4 Poker, Mississippi Stud, Pai Gow Poker, Roulette, Ultimate Texas Hold’em, and greyhound simulcasting, alongside 1,000 slot machines.

Blackjack Switch deals each player two simultaneous hands and allows swapping the top card between the two hands after the initial deal — a structural modification that lowers the base house edge but adds a push rule on dealer 22. Crazy 4 Poker has players form their best four-card hand from six cards with a Super Bonus side bet.

Poker Room: Crazy Pineapple at Q Casino Dubuque

Q Casino’s 4-table poker room spreads Crazy Pineapple, Mixed Games, NL Hold’em, Omaha, and Stud — one of the most format-diverse small poker rooms in Iowa.

Crazy Pineapple is a Hold’em variant in which each player receives three hole cards instead of two, and discards one card after the flop is dealt — all three hole cards remain active through pre-flop and flop betting before the post-flop discard. This creates more pre-flop action and larger potential hands than standard Hold’em. Crazy Pineapple is extremely rare in US commercial poker rooms; Q Casino Dubuque is one of the few Iowa venues where it is available. Stud, Omaha, and Mixed Games complete a poker room menu that offers substantially more format variety than the typical NL-only Iowa card room.

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City of Dubuque's Q Casino — Crazy Pineapple poker, Blackjack Switch, and 1,000 slots in the Mississippi River bluffs

Q Casino is one of the most unusual casinos in Iowa: municipally owned (City of Dubuque holds the license), formerly a greyhound park, and the only Iowa casino with Crazy Pineapple poker — a three-hole-card Hold'em variant almost never found in US commercial rooms. Mixed Games, Stud, and Omaha complete the 4-table poker menu. Blackjack Switch adds specialty table game depth. The website (qcasinoandhotel.com) encountered errors during our data collection — verify hours before visiting.

Priya Sharma

Responsible Gaming Editor