Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races · Charles Town

Year Opened

1933

Hours

Open 24/7

Age Restriction

21+

Property Type

Racino

Regulator

West Virginia Lottery Commission

Owner

Gaming and Leisure Properties

Slot Machines

2,500

Table Games

98

Poker Tables

16

About Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is the largest casino in West Virginia by table count and machine count, sitting at 750 Hollywood Drive in Charles Town on the eastern edge of the state. The property has been the locus of thoroughbred racing in this part of the country since 1933, when it operated as Jefferson County Races, and later as Charles Town Races and Slots before its current Hollywood branding. Real estate is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties, and the casino is licensed by the West Virginia Lottery Commission. All gaming runs 24/7 with a minimum age of 21.

The eastern panhandle location is the property’s defining commercial advantage: Charles Town sits about 70 minutes from downtown Washington, DC and roughly an hour from Baltimore, putting Hollywood Casino within reach of one of the densest population corridors in the country. With 2,500 slot machines, 98 table games, a 16-table poker room, and a fully legal sportsbook, the property serves as a destination for the DC and Baltimore markets in addition to local West Virginia and northern Virginia visitors. The other West Virginia racinos, Mountaineer, Wheeling Island, and Mardi Gras, all sit at the opposite end of the state.

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Games, Poker, and Sportsbook

The 98-table pit at Hollywood Casino is the deepest in West Virginia and one of the deepest in the broader mid-Atlantic region. The dealt menu covers blackjack, craps, mini-baccarat, roulette, Big 6, 3-card poker, four-card poker, Pai Gow poker, and Let It Ride, with both standard and electronic variants on the slot side. The 16-table poker room spreads 7-Card Stud, Limit Hold’em, No-Limit Hold’em, Omaha 8 or Better, Pot-Limit Omaha, and a heavy tournament schedule that draws regulars from the DC, Maryland, and northern Virginia poker community. Sports wagering operates under West Virginia law alongside the casino floor and the live racing meet.

Amenities and Dining

Hollywood Casino runs as a racino without an attached hotel: visitors stay in Charles Town proper or in nearby Harpers Ferry or Martinsburg. The on-property amenity stack centers on dining, with multiple restaurants, around-the-clock food service, self-parking, and valet. The live thoroughbred meet runs through most of the year, and the simulcast operation pulls in races from Saratoga, Belmont, Churchill Downs, and the other major tracks year-round.

★ Editor take

The state's flagship gaming floor, full stop

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races carries the largest table-game pit, the largest slot floor, and the largest poker room in West Virginia, paired with a live thoroughbred meet and a full sportsbook. For visitors from the DC and Baltimore corridors, it is the single most useful gaming destination in the state and one of the most useful within a 90-minute drive. The trade-off is no on-site hotel and a property footprint built around volume rather than resort intimacy. Visitors who want lodging attached should look at Wheeling Island or The Greenbrier instead.

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Rachel Mendoza

Editor, California Cardrooms

Location and Access

The casino sits at 750 Hollywood Drive in Charles Town. Access from the DC metro runs via I-270 and Route 340, with the property about 70 minutes from downtown Washington and roughly an hour from Baltimore via I-70 and Route 340. Northern Virginia and southern Pennsylvania are both within easy reach. The Charles Town location places the casino almost equidistant between Harpers Ferry National Historical Park to the south and Martinsburg to the north.

Regulation

The West Virginia Lottery Commission licenses Hollywood Casino’s gaming, racing, and sports wagering operations under state statute. Sports betting is legal in West Virginia, and the casino runs an on-property sportsbook in addition to the table pit, poker room, slot floor, and live thoroughbred meet. The legal gaming age is 21 across all activities.