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Sycuan Casino Resort is one of the largest tribal casinos in the San Diego area. It features a wide selection of popular slots and table games, as well as a comprehensive resort experience. Below, we delve into the specific offerings of the casino resort so you can decide whether its a good match.

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Games At Sycuan Casino

Sycuan Casino includes 2,800+ slot machines, with a wide range of themes and graphics, on its main gaming floor. Potential wagers start at one cent, with plenty of penny slots available. A high-limit section is also around for those who want to play high stakes.

Table Games

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In addition to slots, Sycuan offers 56 table games. You’ll find many of the same ones you’d find on the Vegas Strip, including classics like blackjack, craps, roulette, and Spanish 21. There’s also a special Sycuan variation of craps that you can only find at this casino.

There are also “Asian” games like the kind you can find at many licensed card rooms and other California casinos. These Asian gaming options include card games like:

• Pai Gow
• EZ Baccarat
• Progressive Jackpot Poker
• Double Hand Baccarat

Poker

Guests can also find poker games and tournaments at Sycuan. A top-of-the-line poker room provides tables for enthusiasts and beginners alike. Daily poker tournaments are quick and easy-to-enter and provide a live casino setting without requiring you to risk tons of cash.

There are 17 poker tables in the smoke-free poker room, making it the largest poker room in San Diego. Poker varieties include Texas Hold ‘Em, 7 Card Stud, and Omaha Hi-Lo.

Bingo

You may also want to check out the Bingo offerings, which are fairly robust. After all, Sycuan Casino began as a Bingo hall. There are discounts for seniors and special offers for people who play Bingo on their birthday. Anyone who begins their morning with Bingo will receive free breakfast.

High Limit Gaming

Casino fans will almost certainly want to check out the VIP gaming lounge. This is the high limit area of the casino, and it provides a private gambling experience where players can enjoy food and cocktail services while playing their favorite casino slots.

This area also includes Asian games. You can reserve space within the VIP area as long as you give the casino enough notice.

Check out our Guide To California Tribal Casinos.

Events And Dining At Sycuan Casino

There are events that draw crowds to Sycuan all the time. The Heritage Event Center, the casino’s main hall for concerts and events, attracts entertainers from around the state and country. In the past, the hall has hosted concerts, musicals, comedy shows, and open-forum talks.

If you wish, you can even use Sycuan as a venue for your own meetings and events. It’s historically hosted business get-togethers, conferences and conventions, as well as weddings. You can rent much of the event space and there’s enough room at the resort’s luxury hotel to accommodate up to several thousand guests.

Spa And Fitness

One of the big draws of this casino is the spa oasis. San Diego can get fairly hot, and guests will enjoy how this casino allows them to escape the heat. The resort features two separate pools plus a lazy river that allows guests to float along with a current for a relaxing experience. There’s also a swim-up bar and several cabanas that are available to all resort guests.

Beyond this, Sycuan includes a fitness center that is open 24 hours a day, allowing guests to maintain their fitness while on vacation.

Dining

Sycuan Casino is home to a number of excellent bars and restaurants. The four main eatery options are The Uncommons, Rank & File, Bull and Bourbon Steakhouse, and Viewpoint Neighborhood Kitchen. These restaurants represent fine dining, a classic resort steakhouse, and casual dining experiences.

History Of Sycuan Casino

Indian casinos are legal across California because they’re technically built on sovereign tribal ground. This exempts them from the gambling legislation that bans casinos on California state ground.

Sycuan Casino first opened its doors in 1983 as a one-room Bingo hall. That Bingo hall still stands in its original San Diego location that made it a hotspot for Bingo fanatics. More recently, in 2019, the casino completed a $260 million expansion project. This expansion added the 12-story luxury hotel and a larger casino floor that includes over 80,000 ft.² of gaming and event space.

Sycuan Casino Resort FAQ

You need to be 21-years-old or older to enter the casino premises (including the resort and the event hall). This is meant to prevent underage drinking. See our guide to 18+ gambling in California.

Yes. Anyone who violates this restriction will be charged an additional $500 cleaning fee.

No. Self-parking and valet parking are both included for free as part of the resort experience.

The National Indian Gambling Commission regulates all gambling activities.

Casinos Near San Diego California

Barona Resort and Casino is an Indian casino on the Barona Indian Reservation located in Lakeside, in San Diego County in California. It is owned and operated by the Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians.^[2]

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Barona offers guests over 75 table games including blackjack, poker, Pai gow poker, Mississippi Stud, California-style craps (using playing cards to determine the outcome of a roll rather than only dice, as dice-only games are not allowed in California tribal casinos), roulette and over 2,500 slot and video poker machines. Barona is located between Lakeside and Ramona, 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego.

The legal gambling age at Barona Casino is 18.^[3] While the legal age for gambling in California is also 18, many tribal casinos in California set an age limit of 21 in order to comply with their alcohol license.^[4]

Unlike most casinos, Barona does not offer alcoholic beverages on the casino floor. It does offer alcoholic beverages in the Barona Oaks Steakhouse, Italian Cucina, and the plaza restaurant. According to leaders of Barona Casino, the winding and hilly nature of Wildcat Canyon Road, which serves as the main access route into Barona Indian Reservation, is a primary factor that led to this decision.^[5]

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1. ^'Barona Resort Information'. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
2. ^'Barona Casino.'500 Nations. (retrieved 6 June 2010)
3. ^http://www.barona.com/casino/
4. ^'California Casinos'. 500nations.com.
5. ^Stutz, Howard. 'CALIFORNIA GAMING: TRIBES FLY HIGH: San Diego leads the charge that makes California hotbed for U.S. tribal gaming', 'Las Vegas Review-Journal', 2006-04-23. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.

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