US Casino Advantage visited Mesquite, Nevada, on April 16, 2026. These are the live table games, electronic table games, and the best video poker we found at Eureka, Virgin River, and Casablanca.
Mesquite is about 80 miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas. It is on the last few exits before the northwest corner of Arizona along I-15.
Live table games start at $5. No Mesquite casinos have high-limit tables.
Electronic table games in Mesquite include a selection of Interblock games. All craps and crapless craps games we found require the 5% commission upfront on Buy wagers. A Lucky Roller side bet is available on all dice games (craps, crapless craps, and Easy Craps). All video blackjack pays 6:5 and the dealer hits a soft 17. The large side bet menu on blackjack includes KK, QQ, JJ, 7s, A-2, Match, Pair, Poker 3, and 19+.
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Eureka Casino
Eureka is by far the best Mesquite casino for gambling. Its video poker is a step above the other two casinos in this border town. Eureka deals six different live table games. Here are the details:
- 00 roulette: $5 min, $875 max win inside, $1000 max win outside
- Craps: $5 min, $500 max, 3-4-5x odds, Field pays double on 12, All Tall Small side bet 30/150 payouts
- Blackjack: $10 min, $500 max, 3:2, six decks, some use continuous shuffling machines
- Heads Up Hold’em: $5 min, $25 max
- High Card Flush: $5 min, $25 max
- Pai Gow Poker: Emperor’s Exposed, $10 min, $500 max
Eureka had the most electronic table game options in Mesquite. Heads-up games have a $1 minimum. This includes two craps, one Easy Craps, and three blackjack machines. Blackjack offers a two-player option. This allows two games to be played using the same bankroll. Multiplayer roulette has six seats and a $3 minimum. It uses $0.50 chips.
There is also a 17-seat stadium. The large menu of options includes baccarat (commission and no commission), blackjack (single and multihand), craps, crapless craps, Easy Craps, double zero roulette, Reel Roulette, and Megamania Superspin. Megamania Superspin has a $1 minimum; baccarat and live dealer roulette games are $5, and the remaining options are $3.
Roulette has four listed options. However, only two wheels are used; one for live dealer games and another for auto-spin ones. Reel Roulette only pays 28:1 on straight bets in exchange for a chance of two to five multipliers, ranging from 50x to 500x. Similarly, all three dice games use the same bubble for roll results. Two different side bet menus are offered for baccarat games. Players can also choose the traditional commission option or one in which the Banker pays a 50% commission on a win with 6.
Eureka video poker
The bar by the exit to Virgin River has $0.25, $0.50, and $1 9/6 Jacks or Better (99.54%) and 9/7 Double Bonus (99.11%). It has $1 9/6 Double Double Bonus with a royal flush progressive.
The best video poker game on the floor is full-pay Double Bonus Deuces Wild (99.81%). It can be played in the nonsmoking area on Multi Strike and multi-hand games from nickel up to $2 denominations. Single line games in the nonsmoking area go from $0.25 up to $10. There are 100 Play machines between the main bar and pit with this game from penny up to dime. Machines scattered throughout the floor have 16/10 Deuces Wild (99.73%) from quarter up to $10. The same nonsmoking machines mentioned earlier also have full-pay Super Double Bonus (99.69%), 9/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe (99.64%), and 9/6 Jacks or Better, among other 99% and better games.
Video poker variants include Multi Strike, Ultimate X, Ultimate X Bonus Streak, Spin Poker, 3/5/10 Play, 100 Play, Dream Card, Super Triple, and Powerhouse. The common denominations are $0.01, $0.02, $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, and $0.50.
Virgin River
Virgin River deals nine different live table games:
- 00 roulette: $5 min, $875 max win inside, $1000 max win outside
- Baccarat: $20 min, $1000 max, 5% commission on Banker wins
- Blackjack (six decks): $5 min, $200 max, 3:2
- Blackjack (two decks): $15 min, $500 max, 3:2, pitched
- Blackjack (Free Bet): $15 min, $500 max, 3:2
- Craps: $5 min, $1000 max, 3-4-5x odds, Field pays triple on 12, Little Big Boom Bust side bet 30/150 payouts
- Face Up Pai Gow Poker: $15 min, $500 max
- Three Card Poker: $5 min, $50 max
- Ultimate Texas Hold’em: $5 min, $25 max
Virgin River also offers three live dealer options. Roll to Win Craps has 3-4-5x max odds, a $3 minimum, and Lucky Roller and Hot Shooter Jackpot side bets. For $5, there is Easy Blackjack and dual wheel roulette. Blackjack pays 6:5 and has the large Interblock side bet menu. Roulette uses $0.50 chips.
The remaining electronic table games have a $3 minimum. Options include heads-up blackjack and crapless craps. There is also a six-seat double zero roulette machine. It uses $0.50 chips.
Virgin River video poker
The video poker below the $1 denomination pays less than 97%. At $1, a bank of machines in the south end of the casino near the east exit has $1 9/6 Double Double Bonus with a progressive royal flush. Other games on this machine include 8/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe (98.49%) and 9/5 Jacks or Better (98.45%).
The only other playable video poker is in the high-limit slots room. One bank of machines has a $1 progressive for 9/7 Double Bonus, 9/6 Double Double Bonus, 98.8% Bonus Deuces Wild, and 8/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe. These games are available in the other bank without a progressive at $1 and on both banks at $2, $5, and $10.
Virgin River offers many video poker variants. This includes standard ones like Spin Poker, Ultimate X, Ultimate X Bonus Streak, Super Times Pay, Deal Draw, 3/5/10 Play, Extra Draw Frenzy, Dream Card, Powerhouse, Major Multipliers, Slamming Multipliers, Rising Multipliers, and Pick a Multiplier. The typical denominations are $0.05, $0.10, and $0.25.
Casablanca
Casablanca has nine different table games. The options are nearly identical to Virgin River, which has the same owner and operator:
- 00 roulette: $5 min, $875 max win inside, $1000 max win outside
- Baccarat: $20 min, $1000 max, 5% commission on Banker wins
- Blackjack (six decks): 3:2, only one table, was closed
- Blackjack (two decks): Three different bet ranges – $5/$200, $15/$500, and $25/$1000, 3:2, pitched
- Blackjack (Free Bet): $15 min, $500 max, 3:2
- Craps: $10 min, $1000 max, 3-4-5x odds, Field pays triple on 12, Little Big Boom Bust side bet 30/150 payouts
- Face Up Pai Gow Poker: $15 min, $500 max
- Three Card Poker: $5 min, $50 max
- Ultimate Texas Hold’em: $5 min, $25 max
Casablanca has a small selection of electronic table games. Double zero roulette can be played on three heads-up machines or on a six-seat multiplayer machine. Only a $1 bet is required for the heads-up games, while the multiplayer option is $3. Both use $0.50 chips. There are also three heads-up bubble crapless craps games with a $3 minimum.
Casablanca video poker
Casablanca’s video poker is all over the place. Most of the lower limit games are terrible, with some good ones on older Game Kings. A few old machines in the video poker area have nickel, dime, and quarter 9/7 Double Bonus, 9/6 Double Double Bonus, and 9/5 Jacks or Better. Some also have 15/9 Deuces Wild. Old $0.25 Five Play machines have six progressive meters, one for each line’s royal, plus one for getting dealt a royal flush. The options are 9/6 Double Double Bonus, 15/9 Deuces Wild, 98.8% Bonus Deuces Wild, and 8/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe.
Two old machines in the video poker area have full-pay Sevens Wild (99.67%). That is the best video poker we found at Casablanca. It is available in $0.50 and $1 denominations. These same machines have $0.25 15/9 Deuces Wild and 8/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe with a progressive royal flush.
Two banks of old Game King uprights have 17/7/5 Joker Poker (98.44%). The bars and the high-limit slots room have $1 and $5 progressives for 9/7 Double Bonus, 9/6 Double Double Bonus, and 8/6 Bonus Poker Deluxe. Some machines at the main bar do not have the $5 denomination.
The bar near the pit has one old machine in a wheelchair spot with better low-limit video poker. The options are $0.25, $0.50, and $1 8/5 Bonus Poker, 9/7 Double Bonus, 9/6 Double Double Bonus, and 15/9 Deuces Wild. These are all around 99%.
Casablanca has the same video poker variants as its sister casino, Virgin River, plus it offers Quick Quads, Good Times Pay, and 6 Card Super Draw. The denominations typically run from nickel up to either quarter, half-dollar, or dollar.
The food situation is not ideal
We visited Mesquite on a Thursday evening. We decided to splurge on a steakhouse, as the other options are mostly fast food or cafes. Our original reservation was at Katherine’s at Casablanca. We arrived at our 8pm reservation time. It was chaos. Our table was not ready. The host asked us to wait.
The restaurant, which runs about $75 per person, was rowdy like a sports bar on Super Bowl Sunday. The lobby was full of people waiting to the point it was hard to get in and out of the door. It was so loud that it was hard to hear anything. The tables were pushed together to the point where you might as well have been sitting with the people next to you.
We waited to see what would happen with our table. They seated some other patrons while we waited. The vibe was not what we expected. We decided this would not be worth the money, and since our table was not available, we canceled the reservation. Katherine’s reported us to OpenTable as a no-show, even though they were unable to seat us.
We called Gregory’s at Eureka. They had immediate seating. When we arrived, they asked if we wanted to sit at the bar. We said no, so they seated us next to the bar, instead of in the dining room, which was only half full. The seating in the bar area was as awkward as at Katherine’s. The tables were pushed together. It had more of an upscale sports bar feel than a nice steakhouse.
Steaks come with small sides and either soup or salad for $40 to $50. The prices were great, but the food was average, at best.
We have both worked in restaurants, which always have good and bad nights. Maybe we were just there on a bad one.
In the past, we have eaten at Mesquite cafes. The food and service were as expected. The prices were reasonable. Those are probably the better options, based on our two steakhouse experiences that night. The value is definitely better at the cafes.
