The Fixed Position Behind a Vegas Video Keno Question
The D Las Vegas sits 0.1 miles from the city center of Las Vegas as a straight-line measurement, and Four Queens sits 0.2 miles from that same reference point. Those are great-circle figures, not road distances, and they describe the venue's fixed position rather than any route a visitor would drive or walk.
Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time. What it can do is anchor the downtown venues where video keno machines are documented, measure their positions against Las Vegas itself, and explain how a reader measures from their own starting point.
Video keno as a game is played on electronic machines that draw numbers from a fixed pool, and the outcome is settled against a pay table printed on the machine before the draw. The geography question underneath "how to play video keno in vegas" is really a location question: where the machines sit, how the venues cluster, and what that means for anyone planning to move between them.
Documented Venues and Their Straight-Line Distances from Las Vegas
The reference point for every measurement below is the city of Las Vegas at its documented coordinates. Each figure is a great-circle distance, which measures the shortest path across the surface of the earth between two coordinate pairs, ignoring streets, buildings, and terrain.
| Reference Point | Straight-Line Miles | Measurement Type |
|---|---|---|
| D Las Vegas | 0.1 | great-circle |
| Four Queens | 0.2 | great-circle |
| Horseshoe | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Golden Nugget Las Vegas | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Binion's | 0.3 | great-circle |
| Golden Gate | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Main Street | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Main Street Station | 0.4 | great-circle |
| Stratosphere Tower | 1.7 | great-circle |
| Jerry's Nugget | 1.7 | great-circle |
These ten venues are the documented set measured to the city of Las Vegas in the reference sources used for this article. They are not a complete list of casinos in Las Vegas, and the state gaming regulator holds the authoritative current list of licensed properties.
Why Straight-Line Distance Is Not Your Walk or Drive
A great-circle figure treats the earth as a smooth sphere and measures the shortest arc between two latitude-longitude pairs. A person moving through downtown Las Vegas cannot travel that arc. Streets impose a grid, blocks force turns, and pedestrian routes follow crossings and signals rather than a geometric line.
Several factors widen the gap between straight-line and road distance. Terrain matters less in the flat Las Vegas valley than in other regions, but the built environment matters a great deal: city blocks, one-way streets, pedestrian bridges, and the layout of Fremont Street itself all add distance. Water bodies are not a factor in this specific downtown cluster, but in other cities a river or bay can force a route far longer than the straight-line figure.
Road networks also introduce detours that have nothing to do with geography. A venue 0.3 miles away as the crow flies might require walking several blocks in the opposite direction to reach a crossing, or driving a loop to enter a parking structure. None of that is captured in a straight-line measurement, which is why this article states only great-circle figures and never road mileage.
State borders are not relevant to the downtown Las Vegas cluster, since all documented venues sit within Nevada and within the same city. But the principle holds for any reader measuring from outside Nevada: a straight-line figure from a city in another state ignores the road network that crosses the state line, and the driving route is always longer.
The Venue's Fixed Position and the City Around It
Las Vegas sits at approximately 36.17 degrees north latitude and 115.14 degrees west longitude. The documented venues in this article cluster within roughly two miles of that city center point, with the densest group — D Las Vegas, Four Queens, Horseshoe, Golden Nugget, and Binion's — all within 0.3 straight-line miles of the reference point.
In relative directional terms, the downtown venues sit at the eastern end of the Fremont Street area, based on their documented positions. The D Las Vegas is described in publicly published reference sources as being located at the eastern end of the Fremont Street Experience. The other downtown venues occupy adjacent blocks in the same corridor.
Stratosphere Tower and Jerry's Nugget sit farther out at 1.7 straight-line miles from the city reference point, which places them beyond the immediate downtown core but still within the documented measurement set for Las Vegas. The coordinate data does not support a more precise directional claim than the figures already given.
If Your Question Starts from "Me" or "My Location"
The venue's position is fixed. Your position is not. This article cannot measure a distance from an unknown starting point, and it will not guess which city or state you are travelling from. What it can do is give you the venue's documented coordinates and a set of reference distances, then let you measure your own route.
The documented coordinates for D Las Vegas are 36.1697 degrees north, 115.1428 degrees west. Four Queens sits at 36.1697 degrees north, 115.1436 degrees west. Golden Nugget Las Vegas is at 36.1708 degrees north, 115.1447 degrees west. These are fixed points that do not change with your location.
To measure from your own starting point, take your current coordinates from a mapping tool, then calculate the great-circle distance to the venue's coordinates using any standard distance calculator. That gives you a straight-line figure comparable to the ones in the table above. For road distance, use a routing tool that accounts for streets, highways, and current traffic conditions.
What the Documented Venue Fields Show
The reference sources used here document specific facility figures for several downtown venues. D Las Vegas is recorded with more than 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games, opened on July 2, 1980, and is owned by Derek and Greg Stevens. Four Queens is recorded with 105 slot machines in its casino expansion, opened on June 2, 1966, and was owned by Elsinore Corporation from 1973 to 2003.
Horseshoe and Binion's are both recorded with 366 hotel rooms and an opening year of 1932, with ownership attributed to TLC Casino Enterprises. Golden Nugget Las Vegas is recorded with 2,419 hotel rooms, an opening year of 1984, and ownership by Landry's, with a city of Houston and state of Texas listed for the owner entity.
These figures describe a documented point in time and are revised as properties are rebuilt, sold, or rebranded. Ownership and branding of casino properties change through sales and rebrands, so a name or owner recorded in reference sources may not reflect the current operating entity.
Video Keno Machines and Where They Sit
Video keno is an electronic game in which a player selects numbers from a fixed pool, the machine draws a set of winning numbers, and the outcome is settled against a pay table displayed on the machine. The game does not require a dealer or a physical keno lounge; it runs on individual machines placed on a casino floor.
The venues documented in this article operate slot machine floors, and video keno machines are typically deployed alongside other electronic gaming devices on those floors. The documented slot machine counts — more than 1,000 at D Las Vegas, 105 in the Four Queens arcade expansion — describe the broader machine inventory rather than a specific keno machine count.
No reference source in this article documents which specific video keno titles, denominations, or pay tables appear at any named venue. That information changes as machines are rotated, and the authoritative current answer sits with the venue's own slot floor or gaming operations desk.
What to Confirm Before You Go
Several details change between when this article is written and when a reader arrives. Confirm each one through the channel that holds the current answer.
- Whether a specific venue currently operates video keno machines, and which titles or denominations are on the floor — confirm with the venue's slot operations or guest services desk.
- Current opening hours and any access restrictions for the casino floor — confirm with the venue's published hours page or front desk.
- Parking availability, parking fees, and entry requirements — confirm with the venue's parking office or website.
- Whether a venue has been rebranded, sold, or closed since the reference figures were published — confirm with the state gaming regulator's current list of licensed properties.
- Road conditions, construction, and traffic on the day of travel — confirm with a live routing tool, since this article publishes no road mileage or travel time.
The state gaming regulator for Nevada maintains the authoritative current list of licensed casino properties. That list, not the documented set in this article, is the complete record of where gaming machines operate.
FAQ
Does this article tell me how far video keno machines are from my hotel?
No. This article measures fixed venue positions against the city of Las Vegas using straight-line figures only. Your hotel is a different reference point, and the distance from it to any venue depends on the hotel's coordinates, which are not documented here. Use the venue coordinates given and measure from your own position with a mapping tool.
What is the road distance between D Las Vegas and Four Queens?
This article does not publish road distance between any two venues. The straight-line distance from each venue to the city of Las Vegas is documented, but the distance between the two venues themselves is not a measured pair in the reference sources used here. Road distance between them is always longer than any straight-line figure and requires a routing tool.
Can I walk between the downtown venues in this article?
The documented straight-line figures show several venues within 0.1 to 0.4 miles of the city reference point, which suggests they sit in a compact downtown cluster. But walkability depends on sidewalks, crossings, pedestrian bridges, and street layout, none of which a straight-line figure captures. Confirm the walking route with a pedestrian mapping tool before relying on it.
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