Where and when to sit at a table in Edmonton

Tables open later than slots

Grand Villa, Starlight, River Cree and both PURE casinos keep separate hours for live table games. All five stop dealing at 3 a.m.

So a lunchtime game works at PURE, Starlight or River Cree, but Grand Villa's tables wait until 2 p.m. Holiday hours can differ, so check the casino's own site before a holiday visit.

The other three casinos

• Century Edmonton: open 9:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. from Monday to Thursday, and 24 hours from Friday to Sunday.
• Century St. Albert: open 9:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. from Sunday to Thursday, and until 4 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. It had 10 tables at the end of 2025.
• Century Mile: no live dealers. Its roulette, baccarat and blackjack are electronic, in a room called the Replay Arena.

For Century Edmonton and Century St. Albert, those are casino hours, not table hours. Counting on a live table late at night? Phone first: Century Edmonton at 780-643-4000, Century St. Albert at 780-460-8092.

Century Mile is licensed as a racing entertainment centre rather than a casino. Its 2021 request to add live tables was turned down.

The planner below starts on tables and uses Edmonton time. Pick a day and an hour to see which casinos are dealing.

What's on the tables

• PURE Edmonton: blackjack, including Free Bet and Double Down Madness. The floor also deals craps, roulette and baccarat, plus poker-style games such as Face Up Pai Gow, Four Card Poker and Three Card Poker Temptation. A renovated high-limit room has private baccarat.
• PURE Yellowhead: craps, roulette, EZ Baccarat, Bad Beat Baccarat, Free Bet Blackjack and Pai Gow, among others. A separate high-limit room has private tables with hosts.
• Starlight: blackjack, including Free Bet, plus roulette, EZ and Ruyi Baccarat and Three Card Poker Temptation. Craps runs on Friday and Saturday from 3 p.m.
• River Cree: at least 40 table games, including blackjack, roulette, baccarat and craps. Most of the gaming is on a smoke-free main floor. Embers, by the north entrance, is a smoke-friendly area with 14 table games of its own.

If you are going for one particular game, phone the casino to check it is running that night.

Poker rooms

• PURE Edmonton: open 24 hours, with 12 tables. It runs Texas Hold'em and Omaha as limit, no-limit and tournament games.
• PURE Yellowhead: open 24 hours. It runs No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha, and hosts Pure Poker Tour events.
• River Cree: 14 tables, with a bar of its own and an enclosed smoke room. It is open 24 hours from Thursday to Sunday, and 11 a.m. to 3 a.m. from Monday to Wednesday.

After 3 a.m. early in the week, the two PURE rooms are still dealing.

Before you sit down

• Bring valid government-issued photo ID. The legal age in Alberta is 18, and staff check anyone who appears to be under 25. Our first-visit guide covers what happens at the door.
• Every casino has a GameSense Info Centre with brochures on how the games work and what the odds are. GameSense advisors on site can also help with budgeting and safe play.
• Decide what you can afford to lose before you leave home, and stop when it is gone.
• If gambling stops being fun, the Addiction Helpline (Recovery Alberta) is free and open 24/7 at 1-866-332-2322. More help is on our responsible gambling page.

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