St. Croix Casino · Turtle Lake

Year Opened

1992

Hours

Open 24/7

Age Restriction

21+

Property Type

Tribal

Regulator

Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming

Owner

St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Slot Machines

1,095

Table Games

36

Poker Tables

10

About St. Croix Casino

St. Croix Casino opened in 1992 at 777 US-8 in Turtle Lake, a small Polk County community in northwestern Wisconsin roughly an hour and a half northeast of the Twin Cities. The property is owned and operated by the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, with gaming regulated by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming under the tribal-state compact. The casino is licensed for Class III gaming and runs around the clock with a minimum gambling age of 21.

For a property sitting in a town of fewer than 1,000 residents, St. Croix Casino carries a deeper game stack than its location would suggest. The combination of 1,095 slot machines, 36 table games, and a dedicated 10-table poker room makes it one of the more complete gaming floors in the northwestern corner of the state and the obvious draw for visitors crossing in from Minnesota along US-8.

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Games on the Floor

The 36-table pit at St. Croix Casino covers the full banking-game set: blackjack, craps, roulette, and video poker for solo play. The 10-table poker room is the rarer asset, running both Texas Hold’em variants and Omaha, with regular tournaments alongside cash games. For a casino positioned as a regional rather than destination property, the poker spread is unusually deep, and it pulls a steady weekend crowd from the Minneapolis-St. Paul market.

Amenities and the Visit

St. Croix Casino does not operate an on-site hotel at the Turtle Lake property, though the broader St. Croix Casinos brand runs lodging at sister locations. Amenities on this floor focus on the basics that matter at 2 AM: a restaurant, an open jacuzzi area, RV parking, free self-parking, valet, and WiFi. The 24/7 schedule means the dining room and gaming floor stay live through every shift, which is rarer than the marketing copy suggests at smaller rural casinos in the region.

★ Editor take

A surprisingly deep tribal floor in a small town

St. Croix Casino punches above its Turtle Lake address. The 1,095-machine slot floor, 36-table pit, and 10-table poker room give it the spread of a much bigger property, and the location makes it the natural border-crossing stop for Twin Cities gamblers. No hotel attached is the one real gap, but the RV park and valet make day trips and weekend runs easy enough.

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Rachel Mendoza

Editor, California Cardrooms

Location, Access, and Regulation

The property sits at 777 US-8 in Turtle Lake, right on the highway. The drive from St. Paul runs about 90 minutes via I-35 and US-8, making St. Croix Casino the most accessible tribal gaming option for the Twin Cities metro after Mystic Lake. From Eau Claire it is roughly an hour northwest. The Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming licenses the casino under the St. Croix Chippewa compact, and sportsbook activity is treated as legal under the tribal framework, though no sportsbook currently operates on this property.