0.4 straight-line miles is the shortest documented venue-to-Atlantic City figure in this set, for Showboat, and 0.6 straight-line miles is the next for Ocean Casino. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.
The query asks about playing age, but that is not something this location file can verify. What it can do is fix Atlantic City itself on the map, show which documented venues in this set sit nearest to that city by great-circle measurement, and explain how to read those figures without mistaking them for road routes.
Atlantic City’s fixed position
Atlantic City is documented here at latitude 39.3625 and longitude -74.425, in New Jersey. Those coordinates are the fixed part of the question: whatever a reader’s starting point may be, the city’s position does not change.
Because the topic provided no single named venue, this article stays at city level and uses the documented venue pairs measured to Atlantic City. The file also states that 318 venues are measured to this city within this reference set, but that set is not a census and should not be treated as a complete list of casinos in Atlantic City or anywhere else.
Documented straight-line distances from Atlantic City
Every mileage below is a documented great-circle figure measured to Atlantic City. Great-circle means a straight-line map measurement between coordinates, sometimes described as “as the crow flies,” and it is not the same thing as the route a driver would have to follow.
| 参照点 | 直线英里 | 测量类型 |
|---|---|---|
| Showboat | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Ocean Casino | 0.6 | great-circle |
| Parx | 59.3 | great-circle |
| Bally's Dover | 60.4 | great-circle |
| Harrington | 68.9 | great-circle |
| Delaware Park | 70.4 | great-circle |
| Valley Forge | 73.2 | great-circle |
| Ocean Downs | 80.3 | great-circle |
| Wind Creek | 99.7 | great-circle |
| Bethlehem | 99.7 | great-circle |
Within the documented pairs shown here, Showboat is the closest listed venue to Atlantic City at 0.4 straight-line miles, followed by Ocean Casino at 0.6 straight-line miles. Farther out in this same file are Parx at 59.3 straight-line miles and Bally's Dover at 60.4 straight-line miles, with the remaining documented pairs extending to 99.7 straight-line miles for Wind Creek and Bethlehem.
Why straight-line distance and actual travel differ
A straight line ignores the way people really move across land. Roads bend, connect at limited points, and may require detours around blocks, water, private land, rail corridors, or other barriers that do not matter to a map line drawn directly between two coordinates.
In regional travel, the difference grows when the route has to work around shoreline shapes, bays, rivers, or other water bodies. It also grows when the practical route crosses from one state into another, because road networks do not follow a pure geometric line even when the destination sits relatively close by on the map.
That is why a great-circle figure is useful for orientation but not for route planning. It tells you which places are geographically nearer or farther in a clean, comparable way, while road mileage and trip duration depend on the transport network and the exact starting point chosen by the traveler.
How the documented venues sit relative to Atlantic City
Two venues in the file are located in Atlantic City itself: Showboat and Ocean Casino, both in New Jersey. Their coordinates are very close to the city coordinates, which is why their documented straight-line distances are under 1 mile.
Showboat is documented at latitude 39.36166667 and longitude -74.41805556 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with an opened date of 2016 and ownership noted as developer Bart Blatstein. Ocean Casino is documented at latitude 39.36175 and longitude -74.41349722 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with an opened date of April 2, 2012 and facility figures published in the reference sources.
Looking only at the coordinates supplied, both of those Atlantic City venues sit slightly east of the city reference longitude of -74.425, because their longitudes are less negative. Their latitudes are also slightly south of the city reference latitude of 39.3625, which places them marginally south of the city reference point in this coordinate set.
The next group of documented venues lies outside New Jersey. Parx is in Bensalem, Pennsylvania; Bally's Dover is in Dover, Delaware; and Harrington is represented in Delaware as well. Even before considering roads, that already tells a reader something practical: once the destination moves out of Atlantic City and into another state, any real journey will be shaped by inter-state route choices rather than by the simple straight-line number alone.
What can and cannot be said about a single property here
Because no single venue was identified by the query itself, this article should not be read as a property guide for one casino. It can compare only the documented fields that are present for named venues in the file, and only where those fields are explicitly published in the reference sources.
For example, Ocean Casino is documented here with 2,500 slot machines, 1,900 hotel rooms, 130,000 square feet of gaming space, and 120 table games, tied to the published source text for those figures. Parx is documented here with 3,200 slot machines, 300 hotel rooms, and 30,000 square feet tied to the event center figure in the cited source text, but this article does not turn those figures into a recommendation or a claim about current conditions.
| Venue | City | State | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Showboat | Atlantic City | New Jersey | 2016 |
| Ocean Casino | Atlantic City | New Jersey | April 2, 2012 |
| Parx | Bensalem | Pennsylvania | January 11, 2018 |
| Bally's Dover | Dover | Delaware | 1969 |
| Harrington | August 20, 1996 |
Publicly published reference sources can change over time as properties are rebuilt, renamed, sold, or expanded. Ownership, branding, and facility figures should therefore be treated as documented-at-a-point-in-time information, not a live status feed.
How to use this information if your starting point is different
The city’s location is fixed; your location is not. If you are trying to work out your own distance to Atlantic City or to one of the venues listed above, the reliable method is to start with your own current map point and compare it to the documented city or venue coordinates rather than borrowing someone else’s route mileage.
For Atlantic City, the documented coordinates are 39.3625, -74.425. For the two Atlantic City venues listed here, Showboat is 39.36166667, -74.41805556 and Ocean Casino is 39.36175, -74.41349722. A mapping tool can then measure either straight-line distance or road distance from your own starting point, but those are separate measurements and should not be mixed together.
What to confirm before you go
Several things a traveler usually wants to know are intentionally not stated here because they are changeable and not documented in this location file. That includes minimum gambling age, current opening hours, room pricing, resort fees, parking terms, event schedules, and whether a particular amenity is operating on the day you plan to arrive.
The authoritative place to confirm those live details is the property’s own official information channels, such as its current website pages for hours, hotel booking, parking, events, and guest services. If you need a complete current list of venues for Atlantic City or New Jersey rather than the partial reference set used here, check the state gaming regulator’s published venue listings.
It is also worth confirming whether you are comparing straight-line distance or road distance when planning a trip. A great-circle figure is useful for orientation; an actual route planner is what answers the separate question of how far you will really travel over roads.
FAQ
Does this article answer what age you can play slots in Atlantic City?
No. The query asks that, but this location reference does not document age rules, so this article does not invent or infer them. What it can confirm is Atlantic City’s fixed position in New Jersey and the documented great-circle distances from that city to listed venues in the reference set.
Is 0.4 miles to Showboat the distance I would travel on the road?
No. The 0.4 figure is explicitly a straight-line, great-circle measurement from Atlantic City to Showboat. Road distance is always longer because real routes have to follow the street network and work around barriers and network constraints that a direct coordinate-to-coordinate line ignores.
Can I use the table to find the nearest casino to me?
Only if you are starting from Atlantic City itself. The table measures from Atlantic City to the documented venues, not from your own location. If your starting point is somewhere else, use your own coordinates or map pin and measure separately to Atlantic City or to one of the named venues listed here.
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