About River City Casino
River City Casino was a Louisiana-licensed commercial casino in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by Gaming and Leisure Properties. The casino opened in 2010 and operated 2,100 slot machines and 55 table game positions with a 14-table poker room — notably spreading Big O and Crazy Pineapple alongside standard formats. River City Casino is permanently closed.
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River City Casino
New Orleans, Louisiana
The poker room’s format menu was exceptional: Big O is a five-card Omaha variant in which players receive five hole cards (rather than the standard four) and must use exactly two of them alongside three community cards — creating much larger hand potentials than standard Omaha. Crazy Pineapple is a three-hole-card Hold’em variant where one card is discarded after the flop. Both formats are among the rarest in US commercial poker rooms. The 14-table spread also included Crazy Pineapple, Limit Hold’em, NL Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Pot Limit Omaha — making it one of Louisiana’s most format-diverse poker operations while it was active.
River City Casino is permanently closed — its Big O and Crazy Pineapple poker room was one of Louisiana's most format-diverse
River City Casino is permanently closed. The 14-table poker room's Big O (five-card Omaha) and Crazy Pineapple (three-card pre-flop Hold'em) formats were among the rarest in US commercial gaming. For active New Orleans gaming, Harrah's New Orleans (8 Canal Street, 105 tables) is Louisiana's primary land-based commercial casino.
Licensing & Rules
- Regulator
- Louisiana Gaming Control Board
- Age Requirement
- 21+
- Sportsbook
- Legal
