Your Starting Point Is Fixed; Your Destination Is Not
The nearest documented casino venue to St. Louis is River City Casino at 7.6 miles straight-line, measured from the city's recorded coordinates. That figure is a great-circle distance, not a driving distance. The road route will be longer, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time for any venue.
If you arrived here looking for a bingo hall in St. Louis, the honest first answer is that no venue in the supplied reference set is documented as offering bingo. The set documents casino properties, and bingo availability is not among the recorded fields. What this article can do is map the fixed geographic positions of the documented venues nearest to St. Louis, so you can see which properties sit close enough to consider and then confirm bingo availability directly with each property.
What the Distance Matrix Shows
The figures below are great-circle distances between the recorded coordinates for St. Louis and each documented venue. Every row uses the same measurement type, and every figure is a straight-line value. No row implies a road route, a ferry crossing, or a drive time.
| Reference Point | Straight-Line Miles | Measurement Type |
|---|---|---|
| River City Casino (Lemay, Missouri) | 7.6 | great-circle |
| Harrah's Metropolis (Metropolis, Illinois) | 129.7 | great-circle |
| Isle of Capri Boonville (Boonville, Missouri) | 139.5 | great-circle |
| Bally's Evansville (Evansville, Indiana) | 149.0 | great-circle |
| Catfish Bend Casino (Burlington, Iowa) | 159.7 | great-circle |
| French Lick (French Lick, Indiana) | 193.3 | great-circle |
| Bally's Quad Cities (Quad Cities area) | 196.9 | great-circle |
| Rhythm City (Davenport, Iowa) | 205.8 | great-circle |
The reference set documents 318 venues measured to St. Louis. That is not a census of every casino or bingo hall in the region, and it should not be read as a complete list. For a full current list of licensed gaming properties in Missouri or Illinois, consult the state gaming regulator for the state you plan to visit.
Why Straight-Line Distance Understates the Trip
A great-circle figure measures the shortest path across the Earth's surface between two coordinate pairs. It ignores every obstacle a traveler faces. The Mississippi River, the Missouri River, and the Ohio River all cut through this region, and bridges are not evenly spaced. A venue that sits 7.6 straight-line miles from St. Louis may require a crossing that adds several road miles.
Road networks rarely follow a straight line. Interstates and state routes bend around topography, rail corridors, and developed areas. When a destination sits across a state line, as Metropolis does in Illinois or Evansville does in Indiana, the road route may also involve a bridge crossing with its own access pattern. None of those factors are captured in a great-circle number.
The practical consequence is simple: two venues with similar straight-line distances can have very different road distances. River City Casino sits on the western bank of the Mississippi River in Lemay, Missouri, which places it close to St. Louis in coordinate terms. Harrah's Metropolis sits on the Ohio River in Metropolis, Illinois, roughly 129.7 straight-line miles away, but the road route crosses a different river system and will not match that figure.
Where Each Documented Venue Sits
St. Louis is recorded at 38.62722222 latitude and -90.19777778 longitude, on the western side of the Mississippi River in Missouri. The documented venues nearest to it fall in four states: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Their positions relative to St. Louis can be stated from the coordinates alone.
River City Casino is the closest documented property, in Lemay, Missouri, south of the city center and on the western bank of the Mississippi. Isle of Capri Boonville sits northwest of St. Louis in Boonville, Missouri, on the Missouri River. Harrah's Metropolis lies southeast of St. Louis in Metropolis, Illinois, on the Ohio River. Bally's Evansville is farther east in Evansville, Indiana. Catfish Bend Casino sits north of St. Louis in Burlington, Iowa, on the Mississippi. French Lick is northeast in French Lick, Indiana. Bally's Quad Cities and Rhythm City are the farthest documented pair, north along the Mississippi in the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois.
These directional statements are supported by the coordinate pairs. St. Louis sits at roughly 38.63 north latitude. Boonville is recorded at 38.98 north, slightly north and well west. Metropolis is recorded at 37.15 north, south and east. Evansville is at 37.97 north, east. Burlington is at 40.82 north, well north. The Quad Cities venues sit north of St. Louis along the Mississippi.
If Your Question Is "Near Me"
The phrase "near me" cannot be resolved from a fixed article. Your position is not in the reference set, and guessing a starting city would produce a fabricated distance. What the article can do is give you the fixed position of St. Louis and the fixed positions of the documented venues, then explain how to measure from your own location.
Take the coordinates for St. Louis, 38.62722222 north and -90.19777778 west, and the coordinates for any venue you are considering. Any mapping tool will compute a straight-line distance between those two points. That gives you the same type of figure this article reports. For road distance, use a routing tool that accounts for bridges, state lines, and current traffic.
The venue positions are fixed. Your position is not. The useful comparison is between your actual starting point and each venue's coordinates, not between St. Louis and the venue, unless you are starting from St. Louis itself.
Bingo Availability Is a Separate Question
None of the documented fields for these venues includes bingo availability. The reference set records opening dates, owners, slot machine counts, table game counts, hotel room counts, and gaming square footage for some properties, but bingo is not a recorded field. River City Casino has an opening date of March 4, 2010, and an owner, Gaming and Leisure Properties, with operation by Penn Entertainment. Harrah's Metropolis has documented slot machines, table games, and hotel rooms. Isle of Capri Boonville has documented gaming square footage and table games. None of those fields answers the bingo question.
To find out whether a specific property offers bingo, contact the property directly. The venue's own website or guest services line is the authoritative source for current bingo sessions, if any exist. State gaming regulators also publish lists of licensed properties, but bingo availability can change without a change in licensing status.
What to Confirm Before You Go
Before traveling to any of these venues for bingo, confirm three things. First, confirm that the venue offers bingo at all. Second, confirm the session schedule, because bingo is often scheduled on specific days and times rather than running continuously. Third, confirm the venue's current operating status and any entry requirements.
The channel that holds the current answer is the property's own published information. A venue's website, its guest services desk, or its social media page will state whether bingo is offered and when. Do not rely on a distance article like this one for schedule information, because schedules change and this article does not track them.
Also confirm the road route before you leave. The straight-line distances in the table above are useful for ranking which venues are closest in coordinate terms, but they do not tell you which bridge to take or how long the drive will be. Use a routing tool on the day of travel.
FAQ
Does River City Casino offer bingo?
This article cannot confirm bingo availability at River City Casino. The documented fields for that venue include its opening date, owner, and location, but not bingo. Contact the property directly or check its published schedule to find out whether bingo is offered and when.
What is the closest documented casino to St. Louis?
River City Casino in Lemay, Missouri, is the closest documented venue at 7.6 straight-line miles from St. Louis. That is a great-circle figure, not a road distance. The driving route will be longer, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.
How do I measure the distance from my location to a St. Louis-area venue?
Take the venue's coordinates from this article and your own starting coordinates from a mapping tool. Compute the straight-line distance between them. For road distance, use a routing tool that accounts for bridges, state lines, and current traffic. Your starting point is not in this article's reference set, so no "near me" figure can be stated here.
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