Owning a virtual monopoly on the Louisville gaming market, Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino (formerly the Horseshoe), is the only casino within 50 miles of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The brown star represents Derby City Gaming) Closest Casino to Louisville, KY (Below you’ll see the drive from downtown Louisville “A” to Caesars Southern Indiana “B”. It’s about a 15 mile drive from downtown Louisville.

There is a modern-looking pseudo-casino called Derby City Gaming (more on that below), along with some Kentucky racetracks that offer what’s called “historical racing machines.”Īs such, residents and visitors wanting to visit a casino to get their slot machine, craps or blackjack fix must go across the Ohio River to Indiana, where there is a major casino resort less than 10 miles away from downtown Louisville (as the crow flies). Kentucky is that rare state not to have any commercial or Indian casinos.

Caesars Southern Indiana is the closest casino to Louisvilleĭespite being the gambling capital of the world (for one day anyway), Louisville does not have a casino in the traditional sense of a Las Vegas-style resort with a variety of slots, craps, blackjack and other table games.