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Boomtown Casino New Orleans is the branch of Boomtown Casinos built to serve the New Orleans native and tourist market. Technically, Boomtown New Orleans is in Harvey, Louisiana, a census-designated suburb on the West Bank of the Mississippi. Harvey has its own police force and state representatives, so it is distinct from New Orleans, though casual visitors would have no idea they’d left the city proper, besides crossing the Mississippi River. 685f13

Boomtown operates a little chain of casino properties in Louisiana and Mississippi. Opening a property this close to mega tourist spot New Orleans was kind of a no-brainer – 9 million tourists visit the city each year, more people than visit the Eiffel Tower or the Great Pyramids at Giza. The location of the casino across the river, slightly out of the way from the city’s heaviest tourist traffic, is a requirement by law. Louisiana gaming law can be quite strange, so that casino-based gaming is legal in some parts of Jefferson Parish but not others.

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Boomtown is the closest thing to a mega-casino that New Orleans residents can take a cab to. The gaming floor is some 50,000 square feet in size, and features all the classic trappings of an American casino. The emphasis is on slots and video poker, but an area for table games is also open 24 hours a day. The head-to-head poker area is smaller than at other Boomtown facilities, maybe reflecting a difference in gambling taste between the properties’ guests.

There are three restaurants and two bars at Boomtown New Orleans, but they all follow fairly standard casino concepts. There’s a steakhouse, a fusion place, and a place serving diner-style food around the clock. The sports bar has big TVs (surprise surprise!) and a more formal lounge is available to guests if they follow a dress code.

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