Casino Baden-Baden

From the casino’s official website, checked on November 3, 2026. Rules change: check before you go.

Official website

The history page leans on the French link: the "French roots" of the casino, and the rooms modelled on royal French palaces. That's the reason most people come, and I think it's a fair one. Few casinos in Europe are worth seeing for the walls.

The games are a short list. Classical gaming means Roulette, Black Jack, Ultimate Texas Hold'em and a Texas Hold'em No Limit poker cash game. Then there are slot machines with jackpots. The site gives no count of tables or machines, so we don't either.

The casino doesn't publish a founding year on the pages we read, just the "nearly 200 years" line.

The casino runs guided tours through the historic halls, which it describes as a tour "with insight into their history". The German page lists two kinds: a regular morning tour, and an exclusive tour during gaming hours. You book either by e-mail or phone with the casino; the contact details are on its guided-tours page.

Prices for the tours aren't shown on the pages we read. Ask when you book.

For groups there are two paid add-ons. A croupier instruction session costs €150 per group of up to 20, plus admission. The "Prime Time" roulette package costs €300 for up to 15 people, Sunday to Thursday, booked ten days ahead. Both are the casino teaching you to play, so treat them as what they are.

If I had one morning in Baden-Baden and no interest in gambling, I'd book the tour and leave it there.

The minimum age is 21. It comes from Baden-Württemberg's state gambling law, so a 19-year-old from a country where 18 is the norm still can't get in.

Bring a valid passport or identity card, in the original. The casino says plainly that a photo of it on your phone or another device isn't accepted.

Admission to classic gaming (the tables) is €5 per person. The slot machines are free to enter at the moment, and the casino's wording ("currently free of charge") suggests that could change.

For the tables, men are asked to wear a suit jacket or a tuxedo. A shirt and tie are "desired", which is polite German for: wear them. Turn up without a jacket and the casino will lend you one for €10.

For the slot machines, smart casual is enough.

The site doesn't spell out rules for women beyond the general standard, so dress to match a man in a jacket and you'll be fine.

Hours differ by game. Roulette starts at 3pm every day and runs to 2am, or 3am on Friday and Saturday. Black Jack and Ultimate Texas Hold'em start at 5pm on weekdays and Saturdays, 3pm on Sundays and holidays. The poker cash game runs Sunday to Thursday from 7pm, if there are players; same-day reservations open at 3pm. Slots open at 11am.

The casino is closed on several days in 2026. The ones still ahead of us as of November 3 are 15, 18 and 22 November and 24 and 25 December. Plan around them.

Playing here costs €5 at the door and whatever the table takes from you after that. Roulette keeps a house edge on every spin, whatever the room looks like, and the slots carry a negative expected value like any slot, anywhere. The casino doesn't publish its slot RTP settings.

Honestly, the best value in the building is the tour. If you do want an evening at the wheel, go knowing the price is the evening, not a shot at profit.

Before you put the jacket on, put a number on the evening: the €5, the €10 jacket if you need it, and a fixed sum you can lose without minding. Bring that in cash. When it's gone, the night's over. Our responsible gambling guide covers limits and where to find help.

The casino is in the Kurhaus at Kaiserallee 1, 76530 Baden-Baden. That's all the site publishes: no transport directions, no parking details on the pages we read.