Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino

Delta Downs is Louisiana's premier racetrack and casino. The facility offers the adrenaline-pumping thrill of live thoroughbred and quarter horseracing action. Delta Downs also offers the unique excitement of slot jackpots in its casino facility. The casino features 1,500 slots and is open 24 hours daily.

Delta Downs is just two hours from Houston and 30 minutes from Beaumont and Lake Charles. It is located at 2717 Highway 3063 in Vinton, Louisiana, and boasts of an expansive 220-acre countryside site.

Delta Downs has been known to provide exciting horse racing action since the 1970s. Now the track has a whole another color with almost 1,500 of the hottest slot machines!

The casino was designed with Texas-sized aisles, with more of your favorite machines and a separate, high stakes area.

And don't forget all of those famous Louisiana smiles! For the last three years, Delta Downs has been recognized as Southeast Texas' favorite place to play slots and has been voted the friendliest casino in the area because of the superior customer service provided by our slot attendants.

Delta Downs Racetrack and Casino Facts

• The main track is 6 furlongs or ¾ mile oval, with two chutes

• The track surface is a mixture of sand (from the Sabine river) and clay with limestone

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• The length of stretch is 660 yards

• The width of stretch is 80 feet

• The width of backstretch and turns is 70 feet

• The track is banked with a 5% rise down straight-a-way and 10% incline on turns

• The field size maximum is 10

• Number of Slot Machines: 1,500

Among the leading jockeys at Delta Downs are Guy Smith, Steven J. Bourque, Carl J. Woodley, Jerri E. Nichols and James T. Weatherly.

Its roster of leading trainers includes Doris Hebert, Keith L. Bourgeois, Donald Cormier, Jr. and W.B. Thomas.

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