Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
Harrah's Atlantic City has leaned into game-show theming on its floor, with The Price is Right and Game of Life slots among the machines historically reported at over 112,000 square feet of gaming space.
Harrah's Resort Atlantic City sits in the Marina District, a short drive from the Boardwalk casinos, with a gaming floor that leans hard into game-show theming -- The Price is Right and Game of Life slots share space with straightforward reel classics and a dedicated video poker room. The floor has grown considerably since the property's 1980 opening: current sources put the footprint at roughly 156,284 square feet with more than 1,860 slot and video poker machines and 100 table games, up from the original casino that opened with a single 506-room tower. Here's what's actually on the floor, what a night there feels like according to people who've played it, and what to know going in.
Slot Machines and Video Poker
Harrah's leans into recognizable licensed titles more than most Atlantic City floors. The Price is Right and Game of Life slots -- both confirmed on the floor by New Jersey's official tourism site -- anchor the game-show corner, while Willy Wonka brings another familiar brand to the mix. Classic reel players have Double Diamond, Fast Cash, and Anchor's Wheel of Gold, the last a themed wheel-bonus machine called out by a dedicated Atlantic City slots guide. Buffalo Deluxe rounds out the animal-themed reel category. Video poker gets real depth rather than a token machine or two: 9/6 Jacks or Better (the full-pay version serious video poker players look for), Double Double Bonus, Ultimate X, and Quick Quads are all confirmed on the floor, mostly concentrated in the Diamond Cove high-limit room above the main penny-slot floor. Total machine count runs more than 1,860 slot and video poker machines by current counts, though older sources cite a much larger historical figure of roughly 3,712 machines across 112,918 square feet -- likely reflecting the floor's footprint before recent renovations trimmed and modernized the count.
Table Games and the Poker Room
The floor carries about 100 table games alongside the slots, and one review specifically calls out the high-limit table section as offering a more vibrant selection than most other Atlantic City casinos -- worth checking if you're after something beyond standard blackjack and roulette limits. Poker runs out of a 28-table room that mostly deals No Limit Texas Hold'em, making it one of the larger dedicated poker operations in this stretch of Atlantic City's casino corridor. That table-game count sits inside the same roughly 156,284-square-foot floor as the slots, so unlike properties that wall off table games into a separate pit, the two sides of the room tend to blend into a single walkable space rather than requiring a deliberate trip to a different section.
Layout, Decor, and Atmosphere
Reviewers describe the lighting on Harrah's floor as doing real work -- the ambient casino lighting is tuned to let the neon of the slot machines pop, giving the room a more energetic, lit-up feel than a flatly-lit floor. That energy carries into the bar area near the entrance, which multiple accounts describe as loud and active well into the evening, even on weeknights, often with a DJ playing. Not every account is glowing: one travel blogger who reviewed several Atlantic City casinos back-to-back described Harrah's floor as smaller than some competing properties, with a good mix of slots including older classics but comparatively fewer table games and a small poker room by their account -- and noted it can get smoky on the floor even away from the areas designated for smoking. Beyond the gaming floor itself, the resort includes a full-day spa, a domed tropical-themed indoor pool, and two nightclubs, giving the property more of a resort-destination feel than a pure grind-it-out casino floor.
History and Location
Harrah's opened on November 22, 1980, in the Marina District of Atlantic City -- a location a few minutes' drive from the older Boardwalk casinos rather than on the Boardwalk itself. It was originally conceived as a joint venture between LM Walters Co. and Holiday Inns under the name Holiday Inn Marina Casino, and only took the Harrah's name after Holiday Inns acquired Harrah's Corporation shortly before opening. The property has grown by tower ever since: the all-suite Atrium Tower opened in 1986 to compete with the newly opened Trump's Castle, the Marina Tower followed in 1997, the 25-story Bayview Tower opened in 2002, and the Waterfront Tower arrived in 2008, reaching 525 feet to become Atlantic City's second-tallest building. Ownership has changed hands more recently, too -- Vici Properties bought the underlying real estate for $599 million in July 2020, following Eldorado Resorts' acquisition of Caesars Entertainment, with room renovations across multiple towers rolling out between 2016 and 2019.
Caesars Rewards
Play at Harrah's tracks through Caesars Rewards -- the program formerly known as Total Rewards -- which spans every Caesars Entertainment property rather than being specific to this one floor. That matters if you split your gambling between destinations: points and status earned on a Harrah's Atlantic City visit carry over to other Caesars properties in Las Vegas, New Orleans, and elsewhere, rather than resetting at each casino's door. Given Harrah's now sits under Vici Properties' ownership with Caesars still running day-to-day operations, the rewards program itself hasn't changed hands the way the underlying real estate has -- your card works the same way it did before the 2020 ownership shift, and will continue to across whichever Caesars-run property you visit next.
What to Know Before You Play
A few things worth knowing before you sit down: the video poker room in Diamond Cove is the spot to look for full-pay 9/6 Jacks or Better and the other specific paytables named above, rather than hunting for them on the general floor. If you're sensitive to smoke, be aware that at least one detailed review found it noticeable even outside the marked smoking sections. And if you're standing in front of an unfamiliar machine or table and want a quick read on whether it's worth your money before you commit, photographing it and asking 6-lab's Advisor beats guessing.
Notable games on the floor
- The Price is Right
- Game of Life
- Anchor's Wheel of Gold
- 9/6 Jacks or Better
- Double Double Bonus
- Ultimate X
- Quick Quads
- Buffalo Deluxe
- Double Diamond
- Willy Wonka
- Fast Cash
Good to know
- The casino floor historically spanned over 112,918 square feet with approximately 3,712 slot machines, though newer sources describe a smaller current count of more than 1,800 slots.
- The casino floor spans roughly 156,284 square feet with more than 1,860 slot and video poker machines and 100 table games.
- The 28-table poker room mostly deals No Limit Texas Hold'em.
- The high-limit slots and video poker area is branded 'Diamond Cove.'
- Players earn and redeem through Caesars Rewards (formerly Total Rewards), shared across all Caesars Entertainment properties including Las Vegas and New Orleans destinations.
- The ambient casino lighting lets the neon lights of the slot machines pop, giving the floor a vivid, energetic feel.
- Features a full-day spa, a domed tropical-themed indoor pool, and two nightclubs.
- The bar area near the entrance stays loud and active in the evenings, even on weeknights, often with a DJ playing.
- The high-limit table game section offers a more vibrant selection of games than most other Atlantic City casinos.
- One travel reviewer described the casino as smaller than some other Atlantic City properties, with a good variety of slots including older classics but fewer table games and a small poker room, and noted it can get smoky even away from designated smoking areas.
- Harrah's opened on November 22, 1980, originally conceived as the Holiday Inn Marina Casino before being rebranded after Holiday Inns acquired Harrah's Corporation; the property later added the Atrium Tower (1986), Marina Tower (1997), the 25-story Bayview Tower (2002), and the Waterfront Tower (2008), the last one standing 525 feet as Atlantic City's second-tallest building.
- Vici Properties acquired the underlying real estate for $599 million in July 2020, following Eldorado Resorts' acquisition of Caesars Entertainment; the property underwent room renovations across multiple towers between 2016 and 2019.
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