Hollywood Casino Slot Count and Its Fixed Location

The Slot Count and Where the Building Sits

Publicly published reference sources list 2,480 slot machines at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, a figure documented as of July 2010 and subject to revision as the property changes its floor. The venue is fixed at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111 in Grantville, Pennsylvania, and that position does not move no matter where a reader starts from.

Straight-line distance is not road distance. A great-circle measurement ignores terrain, water crossings, and the road network, so any drive to this venue will be longer than the straight-line figures below. This article does not publish driving mileage or travel time, and no highway number or exit appears here.

Documented Straight-Line Distances

The table below lists every reference point for which a great-circle distance to Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course has been published. Each row uses the same measurement type, so the figures are comparable to one another but not to any road route.

Why Straight-Line and Road Distance Diverge

A great-circle figure is the shortest path along the Earth's surface between two coordinate pairs. A road route cannot follow that path. The difference grows with terrain, water crossings, and the shape of the highway network.

For a venue in south-central Pennsylvania, the road system bends around the Appalachian ridges and the Susquehanna River corridor. A reader approaching from the east may cross the Delaware River at a limited number of bridge points, while a reader from the west may follow routes that swing north or south around mountain gaps. None of those detours is captured in a straight-line number.

State boundaries add another layer. A trip from New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, or New York involves crossing into Pennsylvania at whatever bridge or interstate corridor the road network provides, not at the point where the two coordinate pairs are closest. The straight-line distance to Atlantic City is 138.3 miles, but no road follows that line across the Pine Barrens and the Delaware Bay; the actual drive is materially longer and is not published here.

Where the Venue Sits in the Region

The venue's coordinates place it in Grantville, Pennsylvania, east of Harrisburg and west of the Philadelphia metro area. Using only the documented coordinate pairs, the venue sits west of Philadelphia, north and slightly west of Washington DC, west of New York City, east of Pittsburgh, and north of Baltimore's latitude band.

The property is a thoroughbred horse racing track and casino, opened on August 30, 1972, and owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties with operation by Penn Entertainment. The slot floor figure of 2,480 machines and the table games start date of July 13, 2010 both come from publicly published reference sources and describe documented points in time, not a live count today.

If Your Starting Point Is "Me"

A question that begins from "me" or "my location" has no fixed coordinate. The venue's position is fixed; the reader's position is not, and no article can resolve a distance from an unknown origin. What a reader can do is take the venue's coordinates, 40.39666667, -76.65861111, and measure from their own known starting point using any mapping tool that accepts coordinate input.

The table above gives a broad set of reference cities. A reader who lives near one of them can use that row as a rough sense of scale, then measure their own origin separately. The measurement type is the same for every row, so the table is internally consistent even though no row describes a road route.

What to Confirm Before You Go

The slot count published in reference sources is a historical figure, and casino floors are reconfigured over time. The current machine count, the current table game count, and the current operating status all live on the property's own published pages and guest services channels, not in this article.

Confirm the current slot floor, any entry or parking policies, and the property's hours through the venue's own website or guest services line before travelling. If the purpose of the trip is a specific machine or a specific game type, confirm that it is still on the floor, because machine inventories change without notice and no static article can carry that information.

FAQ

Does Hollywood Casino have slot machines?

Yes. Publicly published reference sources list 2,480 slot machines at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, documented as of July 2010. That figure is a point-in-time count and may not match the current floor, so confirm the present number through the property's own published pages before relying on it for a trip.

How far is Hollywood Casino from Philadelphia?

The documented great-circle distance between the venue and Philadelphia is 84.7 miles. That is a straight-line measurement, not a road distance, and any drive will be longer. This article does not publish driving mileage or travel time, and no highway number or exit appears here.

Where exactly is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course?

The venue sits in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. It is east of Harrisburg and west of the Philadelphia metro area. The property opened on August 30, 1972, and is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties with operation by Penn Entertainment.

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