The pit opens at four — the pokies started hours ago

The pit opens at four

Northern Territory has a handful of licensed casinos. Alice Springs has one, and this is it. The gaming floor at Lasseters is not a maze of separate rooms — it is one licensed casino with a main electronic area, a table pit that wakes up at 4:00 pm, a Sports Lounge for TAB and Keno, and a Members Lounge upstairs in status rather than geography. Most visitors picture pokies first; locals know the same building also runs live sport on twenty-two screens and linked NT Keno draws every few minutes. This page maps what sits where, when it opens, and how your Lasseters Rewards card ties into each type of play.

Four zones on one gaming licence

Everything below sits under the same 18+ casino entry on Barrett Drive. Dress regulations apply on the gaming floor — see the First visit if you have not read them yet.

Main electronic gaming floor

Open from 9:00 am daily on the main floor — earlier than the tables, and the reason morning regulars show up before the lunch trade. The mix runs from old favourites through the latest products approved for the NT, in multiple denominations. Standalone progressive jackpots, linked progressive products and Vegas Star Roulette touchscreen terminals sit alongside standard EGMs. Insert your Lasseters Rewards card before you play; points accrue automatically when the reader accepts it.

Table games pit

American Roulette and Blackjack are what the homepage leads with — and they anchor most weeknights. The official table roster is wider. Tables do not open until 4:00 pm; on Thursday, Friday and Saturday they run until 3:00 am, an hour later than Sun–Wed. Hand your Rewards card to the croupier at designated tables if you want points on that session.

Sports Lounge — TAB and Keno

TAB betting and NT Keno share the Sports Lounge with live racing and sport on large screens — useful when your group splits between punters and people who just want the feed. Keno terminals also sit in Casbah, so you do not have to stay in one room all night.

Members Lounge

Fifty-four electronic games, a private bar, food and drink service, and weekly lounge promotions — the quietest high-status corner of the floor. Platinum, Diamond and Diamond Plus members get unlimited entry; hotel guests (including Crowne Plaza in-house guests) can use it too. Same trading hours as the main electronic floor, not the table pit.

Pokies and electronic gaming

Lasseters publishes electronic gaming from 9:00 am with no afternoon gap — the floor simply runs until early morning.

What the machines actually are

The selection is built for repeat local play, not a one-off tourist flutter. Expect:

• Standalone progressive jackpots — meters on individual machines
• Linked progressive products — jackpots shared across a bank of machines
• Vegas Star Roulette — touchscreen roulette terminals for players who want table-style action without waiting for a pit seat
• A spread from legacy titles through new NT releases, in more than one denomination band

The floor feels full rather than boutique — this is Central Australia's only casino floor, not a hotel annex with a dozen machines.

Rewards on the machines

Membership is free at the desk by the casino entrance — photo ID required. On electronic games: card in the reader first, confirm it is accepted, then play. One hundred points equal $1 in redemption value across the resort. You can also redeem points back onto selected machines — present the card and choose how many points to play from the balance shown.

Floor enquiries: 08 8950 7777 · info@lasseters.com.au

Table games — roster, hours and what to expect

Trading hours

Do not arrive at 2:00 pm expecting a seat, the pit is closed. American Roulette and Blackjack are the safe assumption for a walk-in Thursday or Friday night; for craps, baccarat or poker, call 08 8950 7777 or check What's On if you are timing the visit around a specific game.

Rewards at the tables

Only designated table games earn points. Hand your card to the croupier when you sit down — not every table in the pit may qualify. The same six-month tier cycle as the rest of the program applies: Bronze from zero, Gold from 2,000 points, Platinum from 10,000, Diamond from 40,000, Diamond Plus from 100,000.

Sports Lounge — TAB, NT Keno and live screens

The Sports Lounge is where wagering and spectacle overlap — TAB for racing and major sport, NT Keno on the same network as Darwin draws, and enough screens that nobody in the group needs to miss a finish.

TAB

Place a wager on a major sporting event or follow Australian and international racing meetings from the lounge. Comfortable seating and live feeds — many locals treat it as the pub corner of the casino rather than the pit.

NT Keno

Games use eighty numbered balls; twenty are drawn each game. Draws run every few minutes on the NT network; Lasseters is linked, and winning numbers show on the venue displays. Terminals in the Sports Lounge and Casbah.

Screens

Twenty-two large screens, including five sports plasma screens, carry racing and live sport. On a big racing or finals night the lounge fills before the table pit does. Plan seating if your group mixes Keno, TAB and dinner at Juicy Rump next door.

Members Lounge — access, machines and promos

The Members Lounge is the most sought-after gaming space in Central Australia — marketing language, but the access rules are concrete.

Who gets in

What's inside

• 54 electronic games — latest technology, separate from the main floor banks
• Private bar and food and drink service
• Weekly lounge promotions

Hours

Same electronic-hours pattern as the main floor — not tied to the 4:00 pm table open. A hotel guest can play here in the morning while the pit is still closed.

Responsible play on the floor

Lasseters publishes a responsible gambling mission on the casino pages — Gambling Liaison Officers on the floor can talk through limits, self-exclusion and harm minimisation. Your privacy and confidentiality are assured.

The dress-regulations poster also references the Liquor Act 2019 (NT) — disorderly patrons may be required to leave licensed areas. That applies as much to the Sports Lounge as to the pit on a long Friday.