Horseshoe Bossier City
Horseshoe Bossier City's 25-story tower sits over a floor that includes at least four Dragon Link cabinets, per Caesars' own press materials -- worth a look if that's the game you're chasing.
Horseshoe Bossier City has run as a riverboat casino on the Red River since 1994, its Western-themed floor sitting under a 25-story hotel tower with about 600 rooms and suites, just across the water from Shreveport. The gaming floor itself is compact by Horseshoe standards -- roughly 30,000 square feet -- but it packs in more than 800 slot machines, a 14-table poker room, and a handful of specialty spaces, including a smoke-free third-floor slots room and a progressive-jackpot slot brand exclusive enough to be worth seeking out on its own. Here's what's on the floor, how reviewers describe the room, and the history behind the boat.
Slot Machines and Video Poker
Caesars' own materials confirm at least four Dragon Link cabinets on the floor, and a user-tagged jackpot listing adds 50 Lions to the mix -- both link/lock-style progressive families that have become fixtures on modern casino floors nationally, so their presence here puts Bossier City in line with what larger Vegas and regional properties are carrying. Video poker runs deeper than a token bank -- Double Bonus, Deuces Wild, and Super Times Pay are all named in a property guide, spread across more than 130 video poker machines out of roughly 800-plus total slots. Licensed titles show up too: Sex and the City is confirmed on the floor per a player-review site, alongside the property's most distinctive slot offering -- Binionaire, a branded progressive-jackpot family with tiered starting jackpots of $100,000 at the $1 denomination, $50,000 for 50-cent players, and $25,000 for quarter players. That's a real reason to seek out this floor specifically if you're chasing a big number rather than just volume of machines, since a house-branded progressive like Binionaire isn't something you'll find replicated at a competing casino across the river. Betting limits on the floor run from a penny minimum up to $25,000 at the high end, giving both casual and serious players room to operate on the same floor.
Table Games and the Poker Room
The floor carries more than 30 table games alongside the slots, plus a dedicated Asian Room for baccarat variants -- a specific enough amenity that it's worth knowing about if baccarat is your game and want to skip hunting for an open table on the main floor. Poker runs out of a 14-table room, a reasonably sized operation for a property with a compact 30,000-square-foot overall floor. One reviewer described the overall game selection as somewhat updated with a more upscale atmosphere compared to what long-time visitors might remember, though a separate visitor review rated service as 'well maintained' but 'just ok' -- a reasonable expectation-setter rather than a rave, and a useful reminder that 'upscale' and 'flawless' aren't necessarily the same claim.
Layout, Decor, and Atmosphere
The casino's most distinct floor feature is the Roman Room, a smoke-free slots area tucked on the third floor for players who want a break from the main floor's smoke and noise -- a notable amenity given the main gaming floor itself allows smoking. Caesars Sportsbook takes up 6,900 square feet with 15 self-service kiosks and more than 94 TVs, a sizable sports-betting footprint for a property this size. Beyond the gaming floor, the property leans into nightlife -- CMT Crossroads is one of the property's more popular bars, and The Riverdome hosts headlining touring acts, giving the casino more of an entertainment-destination pull than a pure grind floor. True to its name, the whole operation still runs as a riverboat casino overlooking the Red River, directly across from Shreveport, part of the same Shreveport-Bossier City river corridor where this casino and several others opened during Louisiana's 1990s riverboat-gaming boom.
History and Location
Horseshoe Bossier City opened in 1994 as a riverboat casino with a Western theme, one of several boats that opened on the Louisiana side of the Shreveport-Bossier City river corridor in the 1990s gaming boom, when the state's riverboat-gaming laws pushed a wave of new casinos onto its rivers and lakes. The property still carries some of that early identity today through amenities like the 1931 Lounge and Jack Binion's Steak House, both nods to the Horseshoe brand's Jack Binion-era history -- Binion being the gaming executive who built the Horseshoe name into a national brand before it spread to properties like this one and its sister casino in Hammond, Indiana. Ownership passed to Vici Properties in October 2017 as part of a broader corporate restructuring, with Caesars Entertainment continuing to operate the casino under a leaseback arrangement -- the same ownership structure that now covers most of the Horseshoe portfolio nationally, and the same 25-story tower and roughly 600 rooms and suites that have defined the property's skyline since its hotel expansion.
What to Know Before You Play
If you're after the property's most distinctive game, ask specifically for Binionaire -- the tiered progressive brand is one thing here you won't necessarily find at every other Horseshoe, and the $100,000-plus starting jackpot on dollar machines makes it worth a look even if you're just passing through. Smoke-averse players should head straight for the Roman Room on the third floor rather than the main floor. Sports bettors get a real-sized book here despite the compact overall floor, so it's worth checking lines even if you came for the slots. And since one recent review pegged service as merely 'ok' rather than exceptional, it's reasonable to set expectations accordingly rather than expecting a top-tier Vegas-style experience -- this is a solid, mid-sized riverboat operation rather than a flagship resort, and it plays that role well. As always, if you're standing in front of an unfamiliar machine and want a faster read than guessing, photographing it and asking 6-lab's Advisor beats trial and error.
Notable games on the floor
- Dragon Link
- 50 Lions
- Double Bonus
- Deuces Wild
- Super Times Pay
- Sex and the City
Good to know
- Features a 25-story hotel tower with about 600 rooms and suites.
- The casino is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment.
- The casino floor spans about 30,000 square feet with 800+ slot machines (including 130+ video poker machines), 30+ table games, and a 14-table poker room.
- The Roman Room is a smoke-free slot area on the casino's third floor, and the Asian Room is a dedicated space for baccarat variants.
- Caesars Sportsbook occupies 6,900 square feet with 15 self-service kiosks and more than 94 TVs.
- Home to the Binionaire progressive slots, with jackpots starting at $100,000 for $1 players, $50,000 for 50-cent players, and $25,000 for quarter players.
- Betting limits run from a $0.01 minimum up to a $25,000 maximum.
- CMT Crossroads is one of the property's most popular bars, and The Riverdome hosts headlining touring acts.
- The casino overlooks the Red River as a riverboat-style property just across from Shreveport.
- A player review site describes the game selection as somewhat updated with a more upscale atmosphere, while a visitor review rated service as 'well maintained' but 'just ok.'
- The casino opened in 1994 as a riverboat casino with a Western theme, one of several boats that opened along the Shreveport-Bossier City river corridor during Louisiana's 1990s riverboat-gaming boom; the property includes the 1931 Lounge and Jack Binion's Steak House among its amenities, both nods to the Horseshoe brand's Jack Binion-era history.
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