Whether a day visit, overnight stay or weekend relaxation, the Wolverine State has a casino for you.
To find the most desirable of Michigan’s 27 brick-and-mortar casinos, BetMichigan.com – your source for Michigan online casinos - used Google Trends and Ahrefs.com to find the most popular retail locations based on search volume over the past 12 months. Here is the top 10:
Michigan’s Most-Searched Casinos
Gun Lake Leads the Way
Situated halfway between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, Gun Lake Casino in Wayland tops the top 10 with a Google search volume of 33K.
With more than 2,500 slot machines, 47 table games, a Michigan sportsbook and a variety of dining and beverage options, Gun Lake is currently in Year 3 of a four-year, $300 million project. Included is a 252-room, 15-story on-property hotel/resort, a spa and a unique six-story Aquadome featuring three pools inside a 32,000 square-foot glass dome. The space also can be turned into a concert/entertainment venue and banquet center. Completion date: March 2025.
MGM Grand Detroit is second (24K) on the list and is one of three Detroit destinations in the top 10, along with No. 4 Greektown Casino & Hotel (19K) and No. 7 MotorCity Casino Hotel (6.6K). This year, the casino is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
With a 400-room hotel, a 24-hour poker room featuring 18 large TV screens, a casino floor offering 160 table games, along with 2,500 slot/video poker machines and, of course, BetMGM Michigan Sportsbook, MGM Grand Detroit is the anchor to the Motor City.
Rounding out the top three is FireKeepers Casino & Hotel in Battle Creek (22K). Opened in August 2009 by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP), the property features a 111,700-square foot gaming floor with 2,900 slot machines, 70 table games, an assortment of restaurants and lounges, a live poker room, and yes, a sportsbook. In August 2021, the hotel expanded with an additional 203 rooms and suites and a revamped 39,000-square foot first floor.
Get this, they also sponsor two sporting events in Battle Creek: The EPSON Tour’s FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship at Battle Creek Country Club will be held June 7-9 and the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) on August 18.
Also on the list: No. 5 Little River Casino Resort in Manistee (16K), No. 6 Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel in Williamsburg (12K), No. 8 Four Winds New Buffalo in New Buffalo (6.5K), No. 9 Kewadin Casino in Sault Sainte Marie (6.2K) and No. 10 Odawa Casino in Petoskey (4.8K).
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