Budapest is a city that continues to grow in importance and influence in Europe, and this is reflected in the growing number of tourists that visit the Hungarian capital year after year. 

In addition to the city’s great cultural offerings, headed by a wide variety of museums, monuments and interesting history, there is one more option to add to its wide range of entertainment options: casinos. 

The casinos offer a good injection of excitement and adrenaline as well as guaranteed fun. In Budapest, anyone with a valid identity card and over 18 years of age can enter one of the numerous casinos in the Pearl of the Danube.

Gambling and Casinos in Budapest

If you happen to visit any of the local Budapest casinos’ websites or even walk through the door and notice that they look similar to each other, don’t worry, it’s not your imagination. “Las Vegas Casino”, as most of them are called, are managed by the same corporation; Szerencsejáték Zrt. 

It is in charge, not only of the casinos, but also of the state lotteries and gambling. So, as you can imagine, it is owned by the Hungarian government. 

Pick a time that suits you best to visit the casinos, as they are open 24 hours a day. And if you’re worried you didn’t take your suit jacket on your trip to Budapest, don’t worry, there is no dress code for visiting the casinos, although we all like to look nice and smart.

Best Casinos in Budapest

Las Vegas Casino – Sofitel Budapest 

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We start with one of the best known and best located casinos of them all; Casino Sofitel Budapest. The 720 square metre venue is located on the ground floor of the Sofitel Hotel. It is just a few steps from the Chain Bridge and a five-minute walk from St. Stephen’s Basilica. 

No matter what time you go, you’ll see how lively it always is. People come and go between the twenty gaming tables, where they offer American roulette or poker, among others. You can also play the classic slot machines and electronic roulette.

Las Vegas Casino Corvin Setany 

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We take a walk towards the south of the city, leaving behind places like the National Museum, one of the best museums in Budapest, the Szimpla Kert and the Jewish quarter. In this area, despite not having as many historical monuments as in the area we have left behind, we will discover a more modern and cosmopolitan Budapest. 

We enter the largest casino in the city, with just over 1200 square metres. In a lot of space, there is a lot on offer, as you can imagine.  Much of the space is dedicated to slot machines, some 300 with different themes and dynamics. 

Don’t let this make you forget you’re in a casino, though, as it also offers physical tables where you can play American roulette, with four tables, Blackjack, Punto Banco and Ultimate Texas Hold’em, with five tables.

Las Vegas Casino Atlantis 

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We change radically the area and we are going to take line 1 of the Budapest metro to the north-eastern area of the city. It is one of the best lines in the city, connecting important points of Budapest such as Vörösmarty tér, Deák Ferenc tér, Opera or Széchenyi-fürdö. 

This is one of the most beautiful areas of the whole city where you can take a dip in one of the most beautiful spas in Budapest; Széchenyi Baths, visit the Heroes’ Square, where the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts is located, and the Vajdahunyad Castle. 

Now to your route you must add the Atlantis Casino, with a dimension of 900 square meters is one of the casinos with more space and capacity of the city. It has three American roulette tables, as well as Blackjack, Punto Banco and Ultimate Texas Hold’em tables. To this must be added some two hundred machines, including slot machines and other betting and gambling machines.

Tropicana Las Vegas Casino

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Hop back on metro line 1, because it will drop you almost at the doorstep of our next destination, which is less than a minute away from the Vörösmarty tér stop. 

Here you have plenty of options for a bite to eat if you want to recharge your batteries before tempting fate. As with the Sofitel Budapest Casino, from which it is just a few metres away, the area is ideal for strolling around, discovering Budapest’s monuments or simply enjoy the sunset on one of the best boat trips on the Danube. 

Don’t let its 550 square metres fool you, it has all the services that will make your visit an adventure; Punto Banco, Blackjack, Ultimate Texas Hold’em and more than a hundred slot machines.

Las Vegas Casino – Atrium Eurocenter 

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We take a real detour on our route through Budapest’s casinos to the north of the city, about 20 minutes by metro from Margaret Bridge. 

Here we have to enter a shopping centre to discover 600 square metres of slot machines and tables with roulette and blackjack. Although it may not look like the best place for a casino, it is actually a meeting point for poker fans, with ten Texas Hold’em Poker tables, where poker is played on a regular basis as well as tournaments and championships.

Duna Poker Center

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With poker lovers in mind, we bring you this place where Poker is king, you just have to cross the Danube and go a little further north. 

With over 600 square metres, 30 tables and separate rooms, it’s a place of pilgrimage for those who have Poker as more than just an occasional hobby. Play every variant of Poker you can imagine in a professional and specialised environment.