• Santa Ana Star Casino Poker Room Columbus
• Sandia Casino Albuquerque
• Santa Ana Star Casino Careers
• Santa Ana Star Casino Poker Room Detroit
• Sandia Casino
• Santa Ana Star Casino Poker Tournaments

Tribal Organization:Pueblo of Santa Ana

Santa Ana Star Casino Poker Room Columbus

54 Jemez Canyon Dam Road
Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico 87004

(505) 867-0000

Santa Ana Star Casino became New Mexico's first Indian casino when it opened its doors in 1993. It is located north of Rio Rancho off NM 550 at the Jemez Dam Road.

News Headlines

The Pueblo of Santa Ana, located just minutes north of both Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, is home to many enjoyable amenities; Santa Ana Star Casino, featuring over 1,400 slot and video poker games (Smoking and Non-Smoking Gaming options), 26 tables games, live poker, 36-lane Starlight Bowling Center, Smoke and Gift Shop, The Feast Buffet, Cosmic Grill, All Star Grill, over 30,000 square feet of. Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel has 109,000 square feet (10,100 m 2) of gaming space devoted to both slot machines and table games. The casino has 1,475 slot machines, and 20 table games including blackjack, roulette, pai gow, 4-card poker, Let It Ride, craps and live poker. Santa Ana Star Casino Hotel’s loyalty program is The Star Rewards.

Click For Practice Play
FREE SLOTS • No Signup • Instant Play
Exclusive Free Play! Select any of these three slot games for exclusive access inside BOVADA CASINO. No player signup is required. No deposit.

Click For Practice Play
No Signup • Instant Play
Direct access to play casino games free inside BOVADA.

Click For Practice Play
No Signup • Instant Play
Direct access to play casino games free inside BOVADA.

Gaming

Casino Hours:

Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Open 24 hours
Sunday through Wednesday: 8am - 4am

1,458 slot and video poker machines

42 Table Games - includes Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Ultimate Texas Hold 'Em, Blackjack Switch, Three Card Poker Progressive

Poker Room

Hours of Operation:
Sunday - 9:00 AM 'til 3:30 AM
Monday - 9:00 AM 'til 3:30 AM
Tuesday - 9:00 AM 'til 3:30 AM
Wednesday - 9:00 AM 'til 3:30 AM
Thursday - 24 Hours
Friday - 24 Hours
Saturday - 24 Hours

Restaurant

Sadie's at The Star - serves New Mexican cuisine (website)
The Feast Buffet
Cosmic Bar and Grill - family-style eatery
Snack Shack - offers on-the-go snacks for $2.99 or less.

Entertainment

The Santa Ana Star Center (SASC) is a $47 million, multi-functional arena that can seatapproximately 6,000 for hockey and rodeos and up to 7,500 for concerts. It has 500 club seats, 26 private luxury suites, and 1,400 parking spaces.

Hotel

204 guest rooms, 7 floors

In August 2016 Santa Ana began construction on this $50 million hotel. It opened in July 2018.

Conference Center

The Santa Ana Star Casino Conference Center three ballrooms and a Bowling Center.

Golf

Twin Warriors Golf Course - Phone 505-771-6155
Ranked one of the top 75 golf courses in the United States.

Santa Ana Golf Course - Phone 505-867-9464.
27-hole championship links-style golf course

News Articles

Santa Ana Star opens first sports book in New Mexico

October 10, 2018

In just a few days sports betting will begin being offered in New Mexico. The first legal sports book will open on October 16. This will take place at the Santa Ana Star Casino & Hotel.

On Tuesday the announcement was made about the opening of sports betting operations. The casino has chosen to partner with Las Vegas based USBookmaking. Guests to the Santa Ana Star Casino & Hotel will be able to place bets on all types of sporting games. This includes NFL, college sports, NASCAR, and major and minor league baseball games. High school sporting events will be off limits.

With the legalization of sports betting across the country, New Mexico becomes one of the first states to begin offering the game.

Santa Ana Star Casino opens new hotel

June 29, 2018

On Wednesday the new hotel at Santa Ana Casino is scheduled to open. When the hotel officially opens, 200 new employment positions will be created.

The Santa Ana Casino Hotel is owned by the Santa Ana Pueblo.

The new hotel will offer 204 guest rooms. There are seven floors. In addition to guest rooms, there is also space for meetings and events. Retail shopping space. As well as steakhouse. The price to complete the project was $85 million. It will be offered as a new amenity to visitors of the casino.

Of the project cost, a large percentage was spent on the labor for the construction process. While the hotel was being built there were 320 construction workers employed. $45 million was spent on construction. The remainder of the money was budgeted for road and utility infrastructure, areas for maintenance and a warehouse.

Revenue from the new hotel will go to fund important programs for the Santa Ana Pueblo. Also, it will be a new source of employment for the tribe. All of this is a way to add to the economic sustainability for the tribe.

In an effort to retain employees, the new hotel will be higher wages then other nearby hotels. Staff will receive $2 to $3 more an hour than what is offered elsewhere. They will also have healthcare benefits and a free meal during each shift.

Until the new hotel was complete there were four metro area casinos owned by tribes that did not offer a hotel.

The Santa Ana Casino Hotel is estimated that the hotel will be full on the weekends. Mid week it is expected that will have 65 percent to 70 percent occupancy. Officials for the casino hotel believe that local residents will make up about 70 percent of the hotel guests.

The creation of the 230 new jobs will have a positive effect economically not only on the tribe but on residents and businesses in Sandoval County.

VOTED #1
Most Popular Online Casino USA

Most players - Most visits

CASINO • LIVE DEALER • POKER • SPORTSBOOK • RACEBOOK

Sandia Casino Albuquerque

Disclaimer: All images are copyright to their respective owners and are used by 500 Nations for informational purposes only.

500 Nations is an independent directory and information service free of any gaming operator's control and not affiliated with any casino.
Warning: You must ensure you meet all age and other regulatory requirements before entering a casino or placing a wager. There are hundreds of jurisdictions in the world with Internet access and hundreds of different games and gambling opportunities available on the Internet. Do not assume that Internet gaming sites are in compliance with the rules and regulations of every jurisdiction from which they accept players. YOU are responsible for determining if it is legal for YOU to play any particular game or place any particular wager under the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located.

The Santa Ana Star Casino is located in Bernalillo, a small city between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, just west of Interstate 25. It is a full service New Mexican casino, located on an Indian pueblo, with all of the limitations required by law. This means that they must close by 4:00 AM during the week – though they can be open 24 hours Friday through Sunday.

The casino has 1,400 slot machines, including both video poker and traditional machines. They also have standard casino table games such as blackjack, craps, roulette, and Let It Ride. One interesting plus for this place is that their roulette cuts the house advantage in half, by offering a single zero wheel. This 'European' roulette is the only one I found in my travels through New Mexico – and it makes roulette here nearly as good a gamble as craps or baccarat, with only a little more than a 2% house edge on the best bets on the wheel. I was told that they sometimes have a promotion where the 0 isn't a loss for players playing a number, but rather a push, meaning they get another spin for free. This further reduces the house edge to less than 2%.

Santa Ana Star Casino Careers

Poker is a relatively quiet, local affair. There are tournaments every day at 11:00 AM, and live games after that. The chief game is $2/4 limit hold'em, though $4/8 with a half kill is offered later in the day and at night as players may desire. There is also sometimes a $1/2 no-limit game on the weekends, though the two times I came by they didn't have it going.

I was told, though I didn't see, that a $30/60 mixed game goes off about twice a month. This is, from what I gathered, more a home game that comes to the casino rather than a typical casino game of strangers. Still, had I the time, I would find out when it went off. I didn't find any games at that level in any of the New Mexican casinos I visited.

The poker room staff is extremely helpful and friendly. They eagerly answered all of my questions and helped make me feel comfortable and welcome. (I suspect this was out of friendliness – not just a desire to have me lose my chips to the regulars.)

They have the standard, inexpensive New Mexican rake of 10% up to a maximum of $3. They have a bad beat jackpot as well – with $1 taken out of the pot to fund it. They also have high-hand bonuses — $60 for quads, $100 for a straight flush, and $200 for a royal. Dealers keep their tips.

Drinks are served to players free, at the table. But no alcohol is served, in keeping with state law. There is also tableside food service from the sports bar or snack bar. There's a buffet as well, with what was described as an excellent seafood buffet on Friday.

Tourneys are popular and well structured for players who like a lot of play for their buck. The morning one goes off at 11:00 AM. They're $25, with $19 going to the prize pool, $3 to the house, and $3 to the dealers. Players start with 3,000 in chips, with blinds starting at 25/50. Most are no-limit hold'em tournaments, as you might expect. On Sunday, though, they have an Omaha-8 tourney. There are other, slightly bigger tournaments later in the day and into the evening. Check with the room for the latest schedule, as they tend to change. When last I checked they had $40 tournaments at 5:00 PM on Sunday and at 7:00 PM on Monday and Wednesday. There were no rebuys.

The crowd here is all local; I was the only out-of-towner when I played. I started at $2/4 and then was moved to the $4/8 (with kill) table. They have some interesting local rules. The kill posts $3, not $6, and has last action instead of action in turn.

I found the play to be generally competent but not very strong. For the most part, locals played a loose and passive game, which suited me fine. Unfortunately, as luck would have it, I had a couple of bad beats (A-K outdrawn by 5-6 with a board that ran out A-K-5-5-6), but nothing to cry about. The stakes were too low to attract any professionals, but one player, who was a regular, seemed noticeably better than the rest.

Santa Ana Star Casino Poker Room Detroit

The players were very friendly as well. I had three eager recommendations for the best restaurants from three different players.

I doubt that I'd make this my regular room if I lived in the area. But as I was attending a conference at the resort hotel conference center next door, it was a convenient spot for a late evening game from time to time. It's the kind of place where new and relatively new players will feel most welcome and comfortable. And in this day of aggressive young players that seem to dominate a lot of rooms, that's saying a lot.

Sandia Casino

Santa Ana Star Casino
54 Jemez Canyon Dam Road
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
87004
505-867-0000

Santa Ana Star Casino Poker Tournaments

• Tags

  Live casino poker