Ilani Casino Resort · La Center

Year Opened

2017

Hours

Open 24/7

Age Restriction

18+

Property Type

Tribal Resort Casino

Regulator

Washington State Gambling Commission

Owner

Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Slot Machines

2,500

Table Games

75

Poker Tables

20

About ilani Casino Resort

ilani Casino Resort opened in 2017 at 1 Cowlitz Way near La Center in Clark County, Washington, on land held in trust for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. The property is owned and operated by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, regulated by the Washington State Gambling Commission, and runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With 2,500 gaming machines, 75 table games, a 20-table poker room, a retail sportsbook, and a full entertainment and meeting campus, it is the largest single-floor gaming venue in the Pacific Northwest and the nearest tribal casino to Portland, Oregon, just 25 minutes north on I-5.

The minimum gambling age is 18. The property sits inside a steadily expanding mixed-use development, including the Cowlitz Crossing area with retail and dining, and remains the regional headline destination for visitors looking at the Washington casinos directory from the Portland metro.

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Games on the Floor

The gaming floor at ilani reads like a Las Vegas resort dropped onto a Cowlitz trust parcel. Slot machines (2,500 of them) span penny reels through high-limit video poker, with the high-limit room sitting at the back of the floor for quieter play. The 75-table pit covers Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Midi-Baccarat, Spanish 21, Pai Gow Poker, 3 Card Poker, and Ultimate Texas Hold’em.

For visitors weighing the trip from Portland against Oregon options or other Washington venues, the closest peer comparisons sit in the La Center casinos and broader tribal casinos directories.

Poker Room and Sportsbook

The 20-table poker room is one of the property’s signature draws, particularly for Portland metro players who cannot find a comparable live room in Oregon. Texas Hold’em is the headline game across cash and tournament play, with the daily schedule rotating through buy-in levels. The room runs cleanly and the cash list moves at a healthy clip on Friday and Saturday nights.

The retail sportsbook sits on the gaming floor with a wall of screens and a dedicated wagering counter. Washington authorizes sports betting on tribal property only, so this is the regional in-person sportsbook for the Portland-Vancouver-Longview audience.

Dining, Entertainment, and Meeting Space

The property layers a full entertainment campus on top of the gaming floor. The ilani Cowlitz Ballroom hosts national headliner concerts and ticketed events, with a calendar that runs through country, classic rock, comedy, and Latin acts. Dining covers a steakhouse, a Northwest-leaning marketplace, a noodle bar, and quick-service counters. Meeting and event space is sized for regional conferences and weddings. Valet and self-parking are both available, and the resort is family-accessible in non-gaming areas.

ilani Forever Rewards and Promotions

ilani Forever Rewards is the property’s loyalty program, scaling through a Platinum tier with reload free play, dining credit, drink service, and event-line access. Sign-up is free at the player services desk and the card starts earning immediately. The promotions calendar runs through slot tournaments, drawings, free-play multipliers, and headline-event ticket giveaways.

★ Editor take

The regional flagship for Portland and southwest Washington

ilani Casino Resort is the only Pacific Northwest property that consistently competes with a mid-tier Las Vegas Strip floor in slot count, table-pit depth, poker room scale, and integrated entertainment. The 20-table poker room is a real Portland-area draw and the sportsbook is the closest retail wagering option for most of the metro. The trade-off is the absence of an on-site hotel, which keeps it a day-trip destination for visitors not staying in nearby Ridgefield or Vancouver.

See La Center casinos → All Washington tribal casinos

Samuel Okonkwo

Senior Editor, Land-Based Gaming Law

Location and Regulation

The casino sits at 1 Cowlitz Way (GPS 45.853, -122.707), an exit straight off I-5 about 25 minutes north of downtown Portland and 15 minutes north of Vancouver, Washington. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe operates the property under a compact with the State of Washington, with the Washington State Gambling Commission as the regulator of record. Sportsbook activity is legal at tribal casinos under Washington’s retail-only framework.