Table Games at Hollywood Casino: What the Record Shows

What the documented record shows about table games

The keyword asks about a venue in Dayton, but the documented venue matching the Hollywood Casino name sits in Grantville, Pennsylvania, not Dayton. The record for that Grantville property shows table games began operation on July 13, 2010, alongside a documented count of over 2,480 slot machines. The venue is the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, a thoroughbred horse racing track and casino located in Grantville, Pennsylvania.

This article can tell you what publicly published reference sources document about the Grantville venue's gaming floor and its fixed geographic position. It cannot tell you about a venue in Dayton, Ohio or any other Dayton, because no such venue appears in the documented record supplied for this article. If you are searching for a Hollywood Casino in Dayton, the name may refer to a different property, and this article does not have facts about it.

The venue's fixed location and how to read distances

The Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course sits at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111 in Grantville, Pennsylvania. The documented location places it 17 miles (27 km) east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. That fixed position is the anchor for every distance figure in this article.

Every mileage figure below is a straight-line, great-circle measurement between two documented coordinates. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance because roads follow terrain, cross rivers, and bend around developed areas. This article does not publish road mileage, driving time, or turn-by-turn routing.

Straight-line distances from the Grantville venue to reference points

The table below lists every documented straight-line pairing available for this venue. Each row uses the great-circle measurement type, which is the shortest path over the earth's surface between two coordinate pairs. None of these figures is a driving distance.

Why road distance differs from straight-line distance

A great-circle measurement is the shortest path over the earth's surface between two coordinate pairs. A road route is almost never that path. The difference comes from physical geography and from how road networks are built.

The Grantville venue sits in south-central Pennsylvania, east of Harrisburg. The region includes the Susquehanna River corridor and the ridges of the Appalachian system. A straight line to Philadelphia, for example, crosses terrain that no single road follows exactly. Roads bend to follow valleys, cross rivers at fixed bridge points, and avoid steep grades. The result is that a road route between two points is always longer than the straight-line figure, sometimes by a large margin.

Water bodies add the same effect. A straight-line pairing to Atlantic City crosses the Delaware River and the coastal plain, but a driver must use specific bridge crossings and follow the road grid. A pairing to Toronto crosses the international border and Lake Ontario's western end, which adds routing constraints no straight line captures. None of the figures in the table above accounts for any of that.

Where the venue sits within Pennsylvania and the region

The coordinates place the venue in Grantville, Pennsylvania, a location documented as 17 miles east of Harrisburg. Harrisburg is the state capital and sits along the Susquehanna River. Grantville is therefore east of Harrisburg and west of the Lebanon Valley, in the south-central part of the state.

Using the documented straight-line pairs, the venue is closest to Wind Creek at 69.9 miles, then Parx at 92.0 miles, then Washington DC at 104.8 miles. Philadelphia sits 84.7 miles away straight-line, and New York City 140.9 miles. The venue is far from the western United States: Las Vegas is 2090.8 miles, Los Angeles 2308.1 miles, and Seattle 2289.2 miles, all straight-line.

These figures describe relative position, not travel practicality. A reader planning a trip should treat the table as a way to understand which cities are near or far in geographic terms, then confirm actual road routing separately.

If the keyword mentions Dayton, this article cannot measure that pairing

The keyword asks about a Hollywood Casino in Dayton. No documented venue matching that name appears in the record supplied for this article. The only Hollywood Casino documented here is the Grantville, Pennsylvania property. Therefore this article cannot measure a distance from any Dayton to that venue, because the Dayton reference point is not in the documented set.

If you are searching from a specific Dayton, the venue's fixed coordinates are 40.39666667, -76.65861111. You can measure your own straight-line distance from your starting coordinates to that fixed point using any mapping tool. The table above gives you reference cities to compare against, but it does not include Dayton.

How to confirm table games before you travel

The documented record says table games began operation at the Grantville venue on July 13, 2010, and that the property had over 2,480 slot machines as of July 2010. Those figures describe a documented point in time, not today's floor. Casinos change their gaming mix as markets shift and as properties are rebuilt or expanded.

Before travelling, confirm the current table game lineup directly with the venue. The property's own website and guest services line carry the current list of table games, their hours, and any minimums. Do not rely on a third-party summary for something that changes. If you are looking for a Dayton property, confirm the venue's exact name and location first, because the Grantville property is the only one this article can document.

FAQ

Does Hollywood Casino have table games?

The documented record for the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania shows table games began operation on July 13, 2010. The same record lists over 2,480 slot machines as of July 2010. These are documented historical figures. Current table game availability should be confirmed with the venue directly before you travel.

Is Hollywood Casino in Dayton?

No. The Hollywood Casino documented in this article is located in Grantville, Pennsylvania, east of Harrisburg. No Dayton venue appears in the documented record supplied for this article. If you are searching for a Hollywood Casino in a Dayton, confirm the exact property name and state, because this article cannot document that venue.

How far is Hollywood Casino from Philadelphia?

The straight-line, great-circle distance from the Grantville, Pennsylvania venue to Philadelphia is 84.7 miles. Road distance is longer, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time. The venue's fixed coordinates are 40.39666667, -76.65861111, which you can use to measure from your own starting point.

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