Bay Mills Resort and Casino became the first waterfront casino in the state when it opened on the shore of Waiska Bay in November 1995. The 15,000-square-foot gambling floor features about 1,000 slot machines, 14 gaming tables and a poker room and also offers video horse racing and live keno. The property's 142 hotel rooms were designed to replicate a cabin retreat. The resort features two restaurants and a lounge and offers discount packages with the nearby Wild Bluff Golf Course.
Bay Mills Resort and Casino
11386 W. Lakeshore Drive
Brimley, MI 49715
888-422-9645
4baymills.com
The Bay Mills Indians became a pioneer in tribal gaming when it opened the Bay Mills Community Center in July 1984. The center featured 15 blackjack tables, making it the first tribal casino in the United States to offer table gaming. The 6,500-square-foot property, later renamed Kings Club Casino, now houses about 250 low-stakes slot machines and a diner. The tribe runs a shuttle service between Kings Club and the Bay Mills facility about two and one-half miles away.
Kings Club Casino
12140 W. Lakeshore Drive
Brimley, MI 49715
888-442-9645
4baymills.com
Kewadin Casino Sault Ste. Marie, about 17 miles northeast of the Bay Mills resort, is one of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe's five casinos on the Upper Peninsula. The tribe also owns the state-licensed Greektown Casino-Hotel in downtown Detroit. The 37,000-square-foot Sault Ste. Marie casino features 700 slot machines, 19 gaming tables, a 400-seat bingo hall and live keno. The property includes two restaurants, a 1,500-seat theater, a 318-room hotel and a 75-site RV park. It's a couple of miles east of Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport. Sault Ste. Marie Country Club, which was opened to the public in 2009, is about a mile east.
Kewadin Casino Sault Ste. Marie
2186 Shunk Road
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
906-632-0530
kewadinsault.com
