Bad River Lodge& Casino · Odanah

Hours

Open 24/7

Age Restriction

21+

Property Type

Tribal Casino & Lodge

Regulator

Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming

Owner

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa

Slot Machines

400

Table Games

8

About Bad River Lodge & Casino

Bad River Lodge & Casino is a tribal gaming and lodging property at 73370 US-2 in Odanah, Wisconsin, set in the Lake Superior region of far-northern Wisconsin. The casino is owned and operated by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, with gaming regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming under the tribal-state compact. The property runs 24/7 with a minimum gambling age of 21.

The Lake Superior setting drives much of the visit calculus. Bad River sits along US-2 between Ashland and Ironwood, on a stretch of the South Shore drive that mainly serves regional travelers and seasonal visitors heading to the Apostle Islands or the Porcupine Mountains. The 400-machine floor and 8-table pit make this a small-to-mid tribal property by Wisconsin standards, but the attached lodge with pool puts it ahead of the casino-only venues in the same corner of the state.

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Games on the Floor

The 8-table pit at Bad River Lodge & Casino runs a focused menu: blackjack, 3 Card Poker, Let It Ride, and the slot complement is rounded out with video keno and video poker terminals alongside the 400 reel and video slot machines. There is no craps, no roulette, and no live poker room here, so this is a property optimized for casual blackjack and slots play rather than the deeper table action available at southern Wisconsin flagships.

Lodge, Pool, and Amenities

Bad River carries the lodge classification because it actually runs lodging on site. The amenity stack includes the attached hotel, a pool, a bar, a restaurant, and free self-parking, all kept open across the 24/7 schedule. The Lake Superior setting is the differentiator: most Wisconsin tribal casinos sit inland, and Bad River is one of the few that pairs gaming with a Great Lakes shoreline drive.

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A Lake Superior detour worth the deviation

Bad River Lodge & Casino is not the deepest Wisconsin tribal floor and it does not pretend to be. What it offers is a 400-machine slot run, a focused blackjack pit, an attached lodge with a pool, and a Lake Superior setting that none of the southern Wisconsin properties can match. For travelers driving the South Shore between Ashland and Ironwood, it is the natural overnight stop. For dedicated table-game and poker players, the haul north is hard to justify.

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Editor, California Cardrooms

Location and Regulation

The address is 73370 US-2, technically in Ashland but on the Bad River Reservation in Odanah. The casino sits about 10 minutes east of downtown Ashland, roughly an hour and 20 minutes west of Ironwood, and approximately four hours north of the Twin Cities. The Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming licenses the operation under the Bad River Band compact. Sportsbook activity is legal under the tribal framework, though no sportsbook currently operates on this floor.