Find your fortunes at Spirit Mountain Casino, located about one and a half hour's drive from downtown Portland. The 90,000 square-foot Spirit Mountain Casino is Oregon's single largest tourist destination and is situated along a spectacular mountain range.Six times a year, the 1500-seat bingo hall is converted into a performance space for music acts like Tony Orlando, B.B. King, Gallagher, Jeff Foxworthy and Colin Ray. Thursday nights are declared shownights to draw visitors during the middle of the week, since the weekends already see many visiting.
90 per cent of the casino floor is occupied by slot machines, and there are about 50 tables catering to gamblers who prefer table games like Texas Holdem. That makes for a total of 2,000 slot machines, 21 blackjack tables, and three roulette wheels. There is a specialty room for Poker, with 15 poker tables within, with weekly poker tournaments held.
The casino believes in donating 6% of its profits to help the Grande Ronde community, through its Spirit Mountain Community Fund, which also benefits other organizations in western Oregon.
