The Lodge atDeadwood

An independent look at the hotel and casino on Pine Crest Lane.

Aerial view of a hotel building and its parking lot on a hillside, with forested hills behind it at dusk — The hotel and its parking lot from the air, hills and forest all round.

The particulars

Address: 100 Pine Crest Lane, Deadwood, SD 57732
Phone: 877.393.5634
Rooms: 185 rooms and suites
Casino: More than 280 slot machines, plus table games
Sportsbook: BetLodge, desk open 8am to 11pm daily
Water Playland: Indoor, open year-round

Stay

The lodge lists a flat-screen TV, a coffeemaker, free Wi-Fi and a desk for its guest rooms, and says all rooms are non-smoking. Select rooms add a fireplace, a spa or a balcony. The newest is a two-story executive suite looking over Deadwood Park.

All four room types

Suite bedroom with a large bed, carved wooden furniture and a TV above a stone fireplace — A suite bedroom with its own fireplace.

280+

Slots, tables and a sportsbook

That is the lodge’s own count of slot machines. Tables include blackjack, Three Card Poker, Ultimate Texas Hold’em and Dakota Duel Draw.

The casino page

Indoor pool with a pirate ship in the shallow end, a whale spring rider and a sprayer behind, under a timber ceiling — The Water Playland: a pirate ship in the shallow end, an orca that sprays.

Water Playland

A killer whale slide, a lily-pad walk over a rope net, a water-dropping mushroom and water geysers, a whirlpool and a basketball area. Weekdays 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., weekends 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

More to do

Eat and drink

Oggie’s Sports Bar & Grill

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and a late-night menu, with wood paneling, stone accents and plenty of flat-screens showing live sport.

Preacher Smith’s Taproom & Commons

The lodge describes it as a blend of history, community and hospitality.

Both rooms in detail

Learn to deal

The casino runs the dealer courses. Tell us you’re interested and we pass your details on.

See the course