Barona Casino - Casino

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Barona offers guests over 75 table games including blackjack, poker, Pai gow poker, California-style craps (using playing cards rather than dice, as dice games are not allowed in California casinos), and 2,000 slot and video poker machines. Barona is located in Lakeside, CA, 30 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, CA.

Barona Casino was the First gaming enterprise in the 90's to create the TI/TO system (Ticket In/Ticket Out) system which lead the way for the gaming industry to create the wildly popular Penny slot denomination machine.

The casino offers a “Sneak Preview” area which gives gamblers the opportunity to try games not played anywhere else in California. In April 2010 they were the first casino in the country to have Magic Touch slot machines (manufactured by Incredible Technologies). The video slot games allow players to pick the three ways you can win: a low volatility game, designed to win often; a medium volatility game, designed to win steady; and a high volatility game, designed to win big. In February 2010, Barona launched table games with electronic chipless gaming with personalized screens for players. Players use an electronic betting interface/screen which gives players access to a range of betting opportunities while helping speedy and secure game play without having to hold chips in their hands. The chipless games include: i-Table Blackjack,I-Table Three Card Poker, I-Table Ultimate Texas Hold'em, Rapid Roulette and Rapid Baccarat

Barona Casino also has a room dedicated to poker. They feature 15 tables, with games ranging from Texas Hold'em to Seven Card Stud to Omaha. The limits are low, and the room is a non-smoking room.

The legal age of gambling at Barona Casino is 18, unlike most California and national casinos, where the age is 21.

Unlike most casinos, Barona chose not to offer alcoholic beverages on the casino floor. It does offer alcoholic beverages in the Barona Oaks Steakhouse, Italian Cucina, Plaza restaurant and El Rancho Grande restaurant. According to leaders of Barona Casino, the winding and hilly nature of Wildcat Canyon Road, which serves as the main access route into Barona Indian Reservation, is a primary factor that led to this decision.