Where Evansville's Casino Sits and How Far It Is

The Fixed Point You Are Measuring From

The venue sits at 37.972756 latitude and -87.580219 longitude, a fixed position in downtown Evansville, Indiana. Straight-line from Chicago, the documented great-circle distance is 270.1 miles. That is the measurement this article can give you; road distance is always longer, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The keyword asks about keno games at this venue. This article cannot answer that question because no game inventory, current or historical, is documented in the reference material supplied. What it can do is fix the venue's position so you can measure your own trip and then confirm game availability through the property's own published channels before you travel.

The Venue's Documented Position

Bally's Evansville is a casino hotel and entertainment complex in downtown Evansville, Indiana, United States, owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Bally's Corporation. The property opened in 1995, originally named Casino Aztar and opened by Aztar Corporation as the state's first casino. Ownership and branding of casino properties change through sales and rebrands, so the operating name today may differ from what a reader remembers.

Evansville sits in the southwestern corner of Indiana, on the Ohio River. The coordinates place the venue south of Indianapolis and west of Louisville, Kentucky, though neither of those cities appears in the supplied distance matrix. The venue's position is fixed; what changes is where you are starting from.

Straight-Line Distances to Documented Reference Points

Every figure below is a great-circle measurement between the venue's coordinates and the coordinates of the named reference point. None of these figures is a road distance, a driving time, or a travel estimate. The table includes every pair supplied in the reference material.

Why Road Distance Always Exceeds Straight-Line Distance

A great-circle measurement is the shortest path across the surface of the earth between two points. A road cannot follow that path. It must follow the network that exists, and that network bends around terrain, water, and the decisions made by the people who built it.

For this venue, the Ohio River is the dominant geographic feature. Evansville sits on the river's north bank, and any trip that crosses the river into Kentucky must use a bridge at whatever point one exists, not at the point the straight line would suggest. The river also shapes the road network on both banks, pushing routes along its course rather than across it. Terrain in southern Indiana and the surrounding region adds further deviation, as does the simple fact that roads connect towns and cities, not arbitrary coordinate pairs.

State boundaries add another layer. A trip from Evansville to a point in Illinois, Kentucky, or farther afield crosses a state line, and the available crossings are fixed. The straight-line figure ignores all of this. It is a useful way to compare relative closeness, nothing more.

How to Measure From Your Own Starting Point

The venue's position is fixed. Your position is not. If you are asking how far the casino is from you, the only honest answer is that this article cannot measure a starting point it does not have. What it can do is give you the venue's coordinates and the documented reference distances above, and explain how to do the measurement yourself.

Take the venue's latitude and longitude, 37.972756 and -87.580219, and enter them into any mapping tool along with your own address or current location. The tool will give you a road distance and a travel time based on the route it selects. That figure will be longer than any straight-line number in the table above, and it will change depending on the time of day and the route chosen.

If the reference point you care about is not in the table, this article cannot measure that pair. The matrix above is complete for what was supplied; no additional pairs can be computed from it. Use the coordinates instead.

What to Confirm Before You Go

The question that brought you here asks about keno games. That is a changeable, property-level detail. Game inventories shift as operators change floor layouts, swap machines, and respond to local demand. The reference material for this article contains no current or historical game list for this venue, so no statement about keno availability can be made here.

The authoritative current answer lives with the property itself. Check the venue's own website, specifically any page describing gaming options or floor offerings, or contact the property's guest services line. Confirm before travelling, because a game that was present on a past visit may not be present today, and a game that is absent today may return.

Also confirm the operating name. The venue has operated under more than one name since opening in 1995, and the name a reader remembers may not be the name on the sign today. The physical location has not moved; the branding has changed before and can change again.

FAQ

Does the Evansville casino have keno games?

This article cannot answer that question. No game inventory for the venue is documented in the reference material supplied. Game offerings change as operators adjust floor layouts and respond to demand. The authoritative current answer lives with the property's own published gaming options page or guest services line. Confirm before travelling.

How far is the Evansville casino from Chicago?

The documented straight-line distance between the venue's coordinates and Chicago is 270.1 miles, measured as a great-circle distance. Road distance is always longer, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time. Use a mapping tool with the venue's coordinates, 37.972756 and -87.580219, to get a road distance from your own starting point.

What is the casino in Evansville called now?

The venue opened in 1995 as Casino Aztar, opened by Aztar Corporation as Indiana's first casino. Publicly published reference sources describe it today as Bally's Evansville, owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Bally's Corporation. Branding and ownership change through sales and rebrands, so confirm the current operating name before you travel.

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