The number that matters first: 0.1 straight-line miles
The D Las Vegas sits 0.1 miles from the Las Vegas city reference point as a straight-line, great-circle measurement. That figure describes the shortest path over the ground between two documented coordinates, not the route a car would take.
Road distance is always longer than a straight-line figure, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time. A driver leaving the city reference point toward the D will cover more ground than 0.1 miles, because streets, blocks, and one-way patterns shape the actual route.
Your question about penny slots cannot be answered with a fixed yes or no from the documented facts available. What can be answered precisely is where the downtown venues sit relative to the city reference point and to one another, and how to think about that geography before you travel.
What the documented venue set shows
The venue file used here documents 481 venues in total and is not a complete list of casinos in any city, county, state, or country. For Las Vegas, 318 documented venues are measured to the city reference point. That count describes what this file contains, not how many casinos exist in Las Vegas.
Within that set, the nearest documented venues to the Las Vegas city reference point form a tight downtown cluster. The D, Four Queens, Horseshoe, Golden Nugget Las Vegas, Binion's, and Golden Gate all sit within half a straight-line mile of the reference point. Stratosphere Tower and Jerry's Nugget sit farther out, at 1.7 straight-line miles each.
These are fixed geographic positions. Slot machine counts, room counts, and opening dates are documented for some of these properties, but current machine denominations, including whether any specific venue offers penny slots, are not part of the fixed factual record supplied for this article.
Documented straight-line distances from the Las Vegas city reference point
| Reference point | Straight-line miles | Measurement type |
|---|---|---|
| The 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 |
Every figure above is a great-circle measurement between documented coordinates. None of these figures is a road distance, and none implies a travel time. The table shows only the pairs that exist in the documented distance matrix for this file.
Why straight-line and road distance diverge
A straight-line measurement ignores everything that shapes an actual journey. The difference between the two grows with terrain, water, road network geometry, and jurisdictional boundaries.
In a dense downtown grid like the one these venues occupy, the divergence comes mainly from street layout. A driver cannot cut diagonally across blocks the way a geometric line does. One-way streets, pedestrian zones, and signal patterns add further length. The Fremont Street Experience area, where several of these venues sit, is a pedestrian-focused corridor, which changes how vehicles approach the properties even though the coordinates are nearly identical.
Water and terrain matter more at regional scale. Las Vegas sits in a basin bounded by mountain ranges, and routes leaving the city follow passes and highway alignments rather than direct lines. Crossing a state line, such as into Arizona or California, adds no geometric distance but can add routing constraints. None of that is captured in a great-circle figure.
The honest summary: straight-line distance tells you which venues are physically close to one another. It does not tell you how long it takes to get between them, what route to take, or what the drive feels like.
Where these venues sit within Las Vegas
The Las Vegas city reference point is documented at latitude 36.16916667 and longitude -115.14055556. The D Las Vegas sits at 36.16972222 north and 115.14277778 west, a fraction of a minute of arc from the city reference point. Four Queens is at 36.16972222 north and 115.14361111 west, placing it immediately west of the D in coordinate terms.
Horseshoe and Binion's share the same documented coordinates, 36.17138889 north and 115.14444444 west, which places them slightly north and west of the D and Four Queens. Golden Nugget Las Vegas sits at 36.17083333 north and 115.14472222 west, between the two clusters in latitude and slightly west of Binion's.
These coordinate relationships support one directional statement: the documented downtown venues lie within a compact area immediately around the city reference point, with the cluster extending slightly north and west as the coordinates increase. Stratosphere Tower and Jerry's Nugget, both at 1.7 straight-line miles, sit outside that immediate cluster, but the coordinate data alone does not specify their compass direction beyond what the distance figures imply.
Las Vegas is in the state of Nevada. The city sits in the southern portion of the state, within Clark County, but the county name is not part of the documented fact set supplied here, so it is not asserted. The city's basin location between mountain ranges is a geographic characteristic of the region, not a documented field in this file.
Penny slots: what the question asks
The phrase "penny slots" describes a denomination category on a slot machine, not a fixed property of any venue. A machine can be configured to accept one-cent denominations, but configuration changes over time and varies by machine, by floor section, and by operator decision.
No documented field in this file states whether any specific Las Vegas venue currently offers penny slots. The D Las Vegas is documented with more than 1,000 slot machines and 22 table games located on two floors. Four Queens is documented with a casino expansion containing 105 slot machines and a bar, opened in 1972. Neither figure states the denominations available on those machines.
What a reader can do is treat denomination availability as a changeable, venue-specific detail that must be confirmed against the property's own current information. A machine count tells you scale. It does not tell you whether any of those machines are set to penny play.
What to confirm before you go
Several items in this topic change frequently and are not part of the fixed factual record. Confirm each against the property's own published channels before travelling.
- Whether a specific venue currently offers penny-denomination slots, and on which floor or section.
- Current machine counts, which properties revise as floors are rebuilt or machines are replaced.
- Operating hours for the casino floor, which are not documented in this file.
- Any entry, parking, or resort fee that applies at the property.
- The exact street address and the best vehicle or pedestrian approach, since this article publishes no addresses, road numbers, or route guidance.
The authoritative channel for denomination availability is the casino's own slot floor or its published gaming floor information. For a complete current list of licensed venues in Nevada, the state gaming regulator is the appropriate source; this file is not a census and does not claim to be one.
FAQ
Does this article confirm that Las Vegas has penny slots?
No. The documented facts for this article do not state whether any specific Las Vegas venue currently offers penny-denomination slot machines. Machine counts are documented for some properties, but denomination configuration is changeable and not part of the fixed record. Confirm directly with the property's current slot floor information.
How far is the D Las Vegas from the city reference point?
The D Las Vegas sits 0.1 straight-line miles from the Las Vegas city reference point, measured as a great-circle distance between documented coordinates. Road distance is longer, and this article publishes no driving mileage or travel time. The figure describes geographic proximity only.
Why is straight-line distance different from the drive?
A straight-line measurement ignores street layout, one-way patterns, pedestrian zones, terrain, and water crossings. In a downtown grid, a driver must follow blocks rather than a diagonal line, so the actual route is longer. Straight-line figures are useful for comparing which venues sit close together, not for planning a drive.
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