The documented figure is 1,200 slot machines
Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort, also known as Clearwater Casino, sits in Kitsap County, Washington, and is owned by Port Madison Enterprises, the economic development authority of the Suquamish tribe. Publicly published reference sources record the casino as operating more than 1,200 slot machines, alongside keno and table games such as roulette and craps. That figure describes a documented point in time, not a permanent condition of the building.
The 1,200-machine figure is the number a reader should anchor on when asking how many slot machines are at Clearwater Casino. It is the count the property itself has published through its gaming-floor description. Like any figure tied to a physical casino floor, it is revised as machines are added, removed, moved between banks, or converted into electronic table-game positions.
Why the slot count is never a fixed fact
A casino gaming floor is a working inventory, not a static exhibit. Slot machines are leased or purchased in batches, retired when a title underperforms, rotated between high-traffic and low-traffic zones, and sometimes removed entirely to make room for a new bar, a restaurant, or a different game category. The count a reader sees on a given Tuesday can differ from the count published in a reference source months earlier.
What gets counted as a slot machine also shifts. A traditional reel or video slot is straightforward, but modern floors blur the line between a slot and an electronic table game. A stadium-style roulette terminal, a video craps machine, or a multi-game cabinet may be counted as a slot machine in one published figure and as a table-game position in another. When a property says it operates more than 1,200 slot machines, that number reflects a particular counting convention at a particular time.
Renovation projects change the count in larger steps. A casino that removes a poker room to add a high-limit slot salon will publish a different machine total afterward. A hotel expansion that adds a new gaming corridor does the same. Because Clearwater Casino Resort is a resort property with a hotel component, capital projects elsewhere on the site can indirectly move the gaming-floor count.
What the 1,200 figure does and does not include
The published figure covers slot machines as the casino defines that category. It does not necessarily include keno terminals, which the property lists separately, nor does it tell a reader how many table games sit on the floor. The source sentence groups slot machines, keno, and table games as distinct offerings, so the 1,200 should be read as a slot-machine count rather than a total electronic-gaming-device count.
Readers comparing this figure to another casino's published slot count should be cautious. One property may count electronic table-game terminals as slots while another separates them. One may include machines in a non-smoking annex while another excludes them from a headline number. The 1,200 figure is useful as a scale indicator for Clearwater specifically; it is not a standardized unit that can be ranked against every other venue without checking each property's counting method.
Where Clearwater Casino sits and how that shapes the floor
The venue is located in Kitsap County, Washington, across Puget Sound from Seattle. Its documented straight-line distance from Seattle is 13.5 miles, and from Portland it is 151.6 miles. These are great-circle measurements, not road distances; the actual drive involves a ferry or a longer land route around the Sound, so road mileage is always longer than the straight-line figure.
The property's position on the Kitsap Peninsula makes it a regional destination rather than a pass-through stop. A reader planning a visit is typically coming from the Seattle-Tacoma metro area or from the Olympic Peninsula side, and the slot floor is sized to serve that regional draw. The 1,200-machine figure makes sense in that context: it is a substantial floor by Pacific Northwest standards, but the published number is what matters, not any comparative judgment about other venues.
| Reference point | Straight-line distance from Clearwater Casino | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 13.5 miles | Great-circle, not road |
| Portland | 151.6 miles | Great-circle, not road |
| Sacramento | 633.2 miles | Great-circle, not road |
| San Francisco | 686.5 miles | Great-circle, not road |
| Las Vegas | 883.3 miles | Great-circle, not road |
| Los Angeles | 970.2 miles | Great-circle, not road |
Road distance is always longer than any straight-line figure in the table above. This article does not publish driving mileage, travel time, ferry schedules, or turn-by-turn routing. A reader measuring from their own location should start with the venue's fixed coordinates in Kitsap County and use a mapping tool for the road portion.
Ownership and why it matters for facility figures
Clearwater Casino is owned by Port Madison Enterprises, the economic development authority of the Suquamish tribe. That ownership structure means the property's published facility figures flow through a tribal enterprise rather than a publicly traded casino operator. The practical effect for a reader is that floor counts, room counts, and amenity lists are published on the property's own channels and updated as the enterprise completes projects.
Ownership also explains why the slot count appears in the property's own description of its gaming floor. A tribal enterprise describing its casino has an incentive to keep that description current for guests, but the update cycle is not instant. A reader who needs the exact machine count for a specific date should treat the 1,200 figure as a documented baseline and confirm against the property's current published materials before relying on it.
What to confirm before you go
The slot machine count is a changeable figure tied to a physical floor. Before a visit built around a specific machine, a specific game title, or a specific section of the floor, confirm the current state through the property's own channels. The authoritative current answer lives on the casino's published gaming-floor page, its guest services desk, or a direct inquiry to the property.
Items that commonly change and that a reader should verify include: whether a particular game title is still on the floor, whether a bank has been moved during a remodel, whether the non-smoking section has expanded or contracted, and whether any part of the gaming floor is closed for construction. None of those items can be answered from a static reference figure, and none should be assumed stable between a reader's planning date and arrival date.
FAQ
How many slot machines does Clearwater Casino have?
Publicly published reference sources record the casino as operating more than 1,200 slot machines, plus keno and table games such as roulette and craps. The figure is a documented point-in-time count and is revised as the gaming floor changes.
Is the 1,200 slot machine figure current today?
It is the documented figure from the property's published gaming-floor description, but slot counts change as machines are added, retired, or moved. Confirm the current count through the casino's own published materials or guest services before relying on it for a specific date.
Why do different sources list different slot counts for the same casino?
Counting conventions differ. One source may include electronic table-game terminals as slots while another separates them, and renovation projects change the total in steps. The property's own published description is the most direct reference for its current floor.
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