We surveyed the rules, minimums and odds on 1,783 live table-game listings across 73 Las Vegas casinos, then scored every floor on real player value — the odds you get for the price you pay.
The center-Strip resorts take a premium at the table minimum and again in the house edge — higher-priced seats that also carry 6:5 blackjack and shorter craps odds. The locals and downtown floors do the opposite: lower minimums and better rules, at the same time.
Every casino scored 0–100 on blackjack rules, craps odds, affordability and game variety. Here are the top nine — the full ranked list of 68 is in the dashboard.
The three numbers that move your expected loss the most: how much true-odds backing craps allows, whether blackjack pays 3:2 or 6:5, and what it costs to sit.
A player's club card is free, and it's the only way the house pays you back for your play — earning comps, free play and tier status. You want the card for the operator whose floors you'll actually play. Since the best-value floors in our data cluster around the locals operators, their cards tend to matter most to value players.
Covers the Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast, Sam's Town, Main Street Station, the Cal and Fremont — several of the strongest value floors in this study. One card, downtown + off-Strip locals rooms.
Red Rock, Green Valley Ranch, Palace/Boulder/Sunset/Santa Fe Station and Durango. The locals giant; its properties dominate the top of the value rankings.
Aria, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Cosmopolitan, Excalibur, Luxor, NYNY, Park MGM. Strong tier perks, but these are premium-priced floors — mind the 6:5 tables.
Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Harrah's, Horseshoe, Paris, Planet Hollywood, the Linq. Wide network and cross-country reciprocity.
Wynn and Encore. Upscale floors; expect higher minimums and premium positioning throughout.
The Venetian and Palazzo. Worth carrying if you play that end of the Strip.
The full dataset is browsable in the interactive dashboard — sortable rankings, category leaderboards, a side-by-side comparison tool and charts. Or take the raw numbers.