Known more for being a peaceful city with a low crime rate and the nearby Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park, not many people associate Santa Clarita with casino gaming. But there’s a grand community of gamers in and around Santa Clarita who love to test their luck and their skills in their favourite gambling games. This likely comes from the state of California being very open-minded about many games of gambling and allowing for a plethora of establishments and entertainment options to be available within its borders.

In and around Santa Clarita, there are many grand venues and opportunities for people to enjoy their favourite games, with card games being of particular fancy in the area. Of all of the opportunities for gaming, these are rated as the best casino experiences for Santa Claritans.

Down the I-5 S to Bell Gardens

In preferable traffic conditions, one of the best casino experiences in the area is a mere 50 minutes away from Santa Clarita in Bell Gardens. A very popular venue in the nearby city, the Bicycle Hotel & Casino boasts a plethora of popular local games. As you would assume from it being the showcase variant at the World Series of Poker and California being a proponent in the first poker boom of the late 1980s, Ultimate Texas hold’em is the main attraction here. There’s also three-card poker, Pai Gow, Chinese poker, Baccarat Version 10.0, and Dai Bacc among their selection of California games. The venue also boasts some top-notch bars and the famed Phoenix Café.

Up the CA-14 N to Rosamond

A little over an hour to the north, via the CA-14 N and the Canyon Roads, the Rosamond features one of the best casino experiences in the surrounding area of Santa Clarita, Diamond Jim’s Casino. Like the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens, the Diamond Jim’s Casino offers a wide range of card rooms. Poker and poker tournaments are the major attractions at the classy venue, but there is a wide range of California game, baccarat, Pai Gow, and blackjack tables on offer. As well as the gaming, patrons can enjoy the superb Lilian’s Restaurant & Bar at discount prices for gamers.

At home in Santa Clarita

While the casino experience of being in a chip-laden venue to compete against dealers and other players is one of the major draws of gambling, many people who simply want to test their luck across a variety of games now turn to the internet. And the internet steps forward, with sites like the Redbet online casino being filled with hundreds of games, from poker and table games to appease traditional players, as well as a library of new and classic slot games, including Rich Wilde and the Tome of Madness, Return of Kong: Megaways, Narcos, Dead or Alive II, and Starburst.

There you have it: the three best ways to find a top-class casino experience while living in Santa Clarita. Which one you decide to go with could simply come down to which direction you wish to travel in – if any.

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