Playing Poker in Manitoba

The legal age to gamble in Manitoba is 18.  There isn't too many places to play Texas Holdem in Manitoba.  The Manitoba Lottery Corporation has a virtual monopoly on gambling here.  There used to be some poker clubs throughout the city of Winnipeg, but that was before the police authorities shut them down.  There are a few bars in the city that offer a free poker game on different nights, but there are no prizes to be won. 
    The only place to play live poker in Manitoba is the Club Regent Casino in Winnipeg and Assiniboia downs.  It used to be a below average poker room that only had four poker tables of Texas Holdem.  The Club Regent poker room has greatly improved with the addition of Omaha, Omaha H/L and more poker tables.  There are also many more poker tables available and better poker tournaments including the biannual Play Now Poker Championship series.  Overall, Manitoba has greatly improved their live poker scene since 2008.  You can find the address of both the Manitoba poker rooms down below or check out our maps.

Gaming Facility	Poker Tables	Street Address
Club Regent Casino	16	1425 Regent Avenue West, Winnipeg
Assiniboia Downs	Various	3975 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg (Friday Nights)

Casinos in Manitoba

Club Regent Casino

Club Regent Casino is the largest casino in the province of Manitoba.  There are 1200 gaming machines, gaming tables, a horse racing lounge, a bingo room and a poker room here at Club Regent.  You can easily feel comfortable being in Club Regent with the friendly, and now smoke free atmosphere.
    One of the best parts of this casino, isn't even in the actual casino.  The Club Regent Event Centre is a great venue for small shows, and it is packed on a regular basis.  If you are visiting the Winnipeg area you should check out what is happening here on their event calendar.
    There are 1200 slot machines and video poker machines including, video slots, reel slots, progressive slots, video poker and Keno.  Some of the larger progressive jackpots are currently greater than $1,000,000.  You can wager as little as a $.01 and go up to $100 on the slot machines at the Club Regent Casino.
    Blackjack $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 minimum bet tables.  EZ Pai Gow, Let it Ride Poker, Free Bet Blackjack, Texas Hold'em Bonus, EZ Baccarat, Roulette and High Card Flush can be played here.
    To get in a poker game at Club Regent, just go to the poker desk (which is located on the main floor by the gaming tables) and join the waiting list.  The poker games available are 7-Card Stud and Texas Holdem.  The stakes generally start at $3/6 and go as high as $5/10.  The rake for low limit games is 10% with a $5 cap.  There is a bad beat jackpot, that was over $50,000 last time we checked.  Each round that has a pot higher than $20 will contribute $1 towards the bad beat jackpot.  The jackpot can only be won if the pot is $20 or more, has at least four players at the start of the hand and both players must use both their hole cards to get the bad beat jackpot.
    There is a weekly $60 no-limit Hold'em tournament on Tuesday and a weekly $100 tournament on Thursday.  There is also the Play Now Poker Championship, which runs twice a year.  Once in the spring and once in the fall.  Typically, the prize pool for the four tournaments is close to $500,000.

Contact Information:
Phone Numbers: (204) 957-2500
Address: 1425 Regent Avenue West, Winnipeg, MB
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McPhillips Street Station

McPhillips Street Station is one of the top places to gamble in Manitoba.  There is a wide range of slots, gaming tables and a bingo room, but despite it being the second largest casino in Manitoba, the McPhillips Casino doesn't have a poker room available yet.
    The McPhillips Casino is testing out a new casino lounge format that has been popular in other casinos.  It is an interactive gaming lounge called Loft 180 and it has a more social vibe to it compared to a typical casino floor.  For more on Loft 180, you can check out Tourism Winnipeg marketing video on Youtube here.
    The Casino on McPhillips Street has a wide range of traditional slots, video poker, stand-alone machines, and progressive banks.  Players will have a choice of playing gaming machines in the $.01 to $100 range.  In total there is 1200 electronic gaming machines here.
    Blackjack  $5, $10, $25, $50, and $100 minimum bet tables.  There is also Squeeze Baccarat, Roulette, Pai Gow Poker, High Card Flush, Free Bet Blackjack, Casino War and Baccarat here.  A lot of the table game floor is used for casino games that popular among the Asian community.

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Phone Numbers: (204) 957-2500
Address: 484 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, Mb
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Assiniboia Downs

Assiniboia Downs is home to the annual $100,000 Manitoba Lotteries Derby.  Horse racing enthusiasts can bet on live horse races starting in the spring and bet on live simulcast races all year round.  There is a small gaming lounge on the main floor with 140 gaming machines.  Assiniboia Downs is a smoke free facility.
    There is 140 gaming machines available.  Some of the more popular electronic games here include; Jackpot Party, Jacks are Better, Joker Poker, Lobster Larry and Reel Them In.
    Every Friday and Saturday there is a no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament.  The buy-in is only $10 and if you go broke, you can have up to re-buy for $10, up to a maximum of three times.  There is also a $10 add-on option at the first break.  You also have the option to buy into the Royal Flush jackpot for $5.
    You must be registered before 7:00 PM and the tournaments start at 8:30 PM.  The tournaments have a maximum of sixty players.

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Phone Numbers: (204) 885-3330
Address: 3975 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
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South Beach Casino

This is the largest casino in Manitoba outside Winnipeg and it is now a smoke-free facility.  This casino does a great job marketing itself.  They have a variety of promotions including a Ladies Night, a Mens Night, a Hockey Hot Seat, Birthday Beach bucks and a 50's Plus club.  There are also three places to eat (a decent amount of people goes there just to eat), an attached hotel with a tropical pool and free live entertainment on the weekends.
    You can play the slot machines at South Beach Casino in denominations of $.01 or up to $5.  There is a great selection of slot machines and they are generally theme based.  Gamblers can play the video poker machines and video keno machines as well.  In total there are 600 slot machines and 530 of them can be penny slots.
    Blackjack, High Card Flush, Midi Baccarat, Texas Shootout, Fortune Pai Gow Poker and Roulette can be played here.  Table games open at 5:00 PM on weekdays and at noon on weekends.  You can bet as little as $5 and up to $100 per hand at many of the table games here.

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Phone Numbers: (877) 775-8259, (204) 766-2100
Address: 1 Ocean Drive, Scanterbury, MB
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