The published list documents 33 casino venues in Florida, and the four cities with coordinates supplied here — Miami, Tampa, Daytona Beach, and Okeechobee — sit far enough apart that a straight-line mile figure can badly mislead anyone planning an actual drive. A straight-line measurement is exactly what it sounds like: the shortest path over the surface of the earth, as the crow flies. It ignores every road, bridge, lake, and county line that a vehicle must respect.
Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish road mileage or travel time. What it does give you is the fixed geographic position of each documented city, the straight-line gaps between them, and the structural reasons those gaps grow when you get behind the wheel.
What the straight-line numbers measure
Every figure below is a great-circle distance between two documented coordinate pairs. Great-circle means the shortest arc across the earth's surface, not a route on pavement. The measurement type is the same for every row, and none of these numbers should be read as a drive, a bus ride, or a trip on any named road.
| Reference point | Straight-line miles | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Miami to Tampa | 204 | great-circle |
| Miami to Daytona Beach | 242 | great-circle |
| Miami to Okeechobee | 94 | great-circle |
| Tampa to Daytona Beach | 122 | great-circle |
| Tampa to Okeechobee | 111 | great-circle |
| Daytona Beach to Okeechobee | 139 | great-circle |
These are the only documented pairs this article can measure. If the city you care about is not one of these four, no straight-line figure exists in the reference data, and this article will not invent one.
Why road distance runs longer than the straight line
Florida's geography works against straight-line travel in several predictable ways. The state is a long peninsula with substantial water features — lakes, rivers, wetlands, and the coastline itself — and a road network that follows population corridors rather than geodesic arcs. A straight line between two points may cross a body of water that no public road traverses at that exact spot, forcing a detour around it.
Terrain and water are only part of it. Road networks are built to connect towns, not to minimise distance between arbitrary coordinate pairs. A driver between two Florida cities will typically follow a route that bends toward larger population centers, respects county road layouts, and avoids protected or undeveloped land. The result is that a 94-mile straight-line gap can become a substantially longer drive, even before traffic, construction, or a single wrong turn is considered.
Interstate and state highway numbering, exit numbers, toll roads, and turn-by-turn instructions are outside the scope of this article. None of those tokens are part of the documented reference data, and repeating them from memory would risk sending a reader down a route that has changed since any snapshot was taken.
Where these four cities sit relative to one another
Miami sits at the southeastern corner of the documented set, on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. Tampa lies northwest of Miami, on the Gulf side, and the straight-line gap between them crosses the lower middle of the state. Daytona Beach is northeast of both, up the Atlantic coast, while Okeechobee sits inland, northwest of Miami and southeast of Tampa, near the large lake that shares its name.
These directional statements are supported by the coordinates alone: Miami's latitude is the lowest of the four, Tampa's longitude is the most westerly, Daytona Beach's latitude is the highest, and Okeechobee sits between Miami and Tampa on both axes. The state of Florida itself is the frame for all of them, and every venue documented in these cities falls under the same state-level geography even though the venues themselves differ in type — the list documents racinos and Native American venues, with one venue not classified.
What the venue count does and does not tell you
The published list documents 33 venues in Florida, spread across 26 distinct cities. Miami accounts for 4 of them, Tampa for 3, Hallandale Beach and Hollywood for 2 each, and several other cities for 1. Three additional venues are documented as closed. These numbers are a snapshot of what the named list records, not a regulator licence count and not a complete current inventory.
Lists are edited at different times, so a count can lag an opening or a closure. The authoritative current list sits with the Florida Gaming Control Commission, and any reader who needs a definitive count for licensing, compliance, or travel planning should start there rather than with any third-party enumeration.
If your question starts from "me" or "my location"
The venue's position is fixed. Your position is not. This article cannot know where you are starting from, and it will not guess a departure city for you. What it can do is give you the fixed coordinates of the documented cities and the straight-line gaps between them, then leave the measurement from your own starting point to you.
To measure from where you are, take your own coordinates or your city's documented coordinates and compare them against the venue city's coordinates. Any mapping tool that accepts latitude and longitude will give you a straight-line figure, and a routing tool will give you road distance and time. The two numbers will not match, and the road figure is the one that matters for planning an actual arrival.
What to confirm before you go
Distance is the one thing this article can give you with confidence, and only in straight-line form. Several other things change and must be confirmed through the channel that holds the current answer. Opening hours, event schedules, and venue operating status are not documented here and should be checked against the venue's own published hours page or guest services line. Room rates, resort fees, parking fees, and any food or beverage pricing are set by the property and vary by season, day of week, and room category — the property's booking page is the authoritative channel. Whether a specific game such as keno is offered at a specific Florida venue is a product and licensing question, not a geography question, and the venue's own game floor or the Florida Gaming Control Commission is the correct source for a current answer.
Before travelling, confirm three things: that the venue is currently operating, that the specific amenity or game you want is available, and that the road route you have chosen is open. None of those three facts can be derived from a coordinate pair, and none of them are stable enough to publish here.
FAQ
Does this article say whether keno is offered at Florida casino venues?
No. This article is about the fixed geographic positions of documented Florida casino cities and the straight-line distances between them. Whether any specific venue offers keno is a current product and licensing question that changes over time and is outside the documented reference data. The venue's own game floor listing and the Florida Gaming Control Commission are the correct channels for that answer.
Why is the straight-line distance so different from the drive?
Straight-line distance ignores every physical and legal obstacle on the ground. Florida has substantial water features, protected land, and a road network built around population centers rather than shortest-path geometry. A route must follow roads, cross bridges, and respect county layouts, so the driven distance is always longer than the great-circle figure, often by a wide margin.
How many casino venues are documented in Florida?
The published list documents 33 venues across 26 distinct cities, with 3 additional venues documented as closed. This is a snapshot of what the named list records, not an official regulator count and not a complete current inventory. For the authoritative current list, consult the Florida Gaming Control Commission.
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