An evening in Hanover, added up
Hanover Casino Online, Added Up
Hanover Casino Tally is an independent guide to Playtime Casino Hanover on 5th Street, not the casino itself. The estimate below adds up an evening's drive, food and hours, with play money as a limit set at home.
Added up by the Tally deskChecked October 3, 2026
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Assumed: 8 L per 100 km, a 3-hour visit from 7 p.m. on a Friday. Change everything in the full estimate
- 9 a.m. to 1 a.m.Sunday to Thursday
- 24 hoursFriday and Saturday
- 289 slotsand 18 e-table stations
- Before any bet
- $0
- With the play limit
- $0
- Driven, both ways
- 94.6 km
Tonight's tally
The tally needs JavaScript. Done by hand: twice the straight-line distance from your town, times your car's litres per 100 km, divided by 100, times the pump price; add food and drinks. The play limit is a separate sum, decided at home and treated as spent. Distances are listed on the drive page.
What goes into an evening
An evening at the casino in Hanover has costs that are not bets. The drive counts both ways, so the tool doubles the straight-line distance or uses the road distance you copy from Google Maps. Food and drinks come next, then the hours of the visit. One cost is different: the play limit, meaning the money you set aside for the games.
This guide prints no prices, because prices change. You type in your own: fuel use in litres per 100 km, the pump price, money for food and drinks. The play limit is your own number, decided at home and treated as spent. It is the price of the evening, not money you expect back. The tool never suggests an amount, a game or a bet.
Opening hours
From Sunday through Thursday, the casino's hours are 9 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday have no closing time at all, with the floor open 24 hours. Sunday opens at 9 a.m., and the hours between midnight and 9 a.m. are not spelled out. The signs show them as not published. On the floor, the Arcade Bar serves from 9 a.m. until 1 a.m., all 7 days of the week.
A simulcast is a live broadcast of a horse race. The Hanover Raceway Simulcast Theatre opens Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday 12 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. On Sunday and Wednesday its TVs are on, but no staff are on site. The signs below change once you select a day and a time; visit the casino's own site for holiday hours.
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Friday, 8 p.m. in Hanover
Casino floor
Open
no break through Saturday night; the hours after that are not posted
Arcade Bar
Open
until 1 a.m., closes in 5 h
Simulcast Theatre
Open
until 9:30 p.m., closes in 1 h 30 min
MATCH Eatery & Public House
Not posted
hours not published on the casino pages
| Where | Hours as posted |
|---|---|
| Casino floor | Sunday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday open 24 hours |
| Arcade Bar | Every day, from 9 a.m. until 1 a.m. |
| Simulcast Theatre | Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 12 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Sunday and Wednesday the TVs are on but no staff are on site |
| MATCH Eatery & Public House | hours not published on the casino pages |
Here, a time past midnight counts as the next calendar day, so Saturday 2 a.m. still falls within Friday's 24 hours. Hours for holidays are not published; the casino can be reached at 519-364-7606.
The drive
Playtime Casino Hanover is at 275 5th Street, Hanover, on the grounds of Hanover Raceway. Distances here are straight lines on a map, from the casino to each town's point on OpenStreetMap. Walkerton is 9.8 km away and Durham 17.0 km. Listowel is 46.5 km, Owen Sound 47.3 km and Kincardine 48.6 km. A road is always longer than the straight line.
No bus route, shuttle or hotel on site is published, so the casino is reached by car. Parking outside race days is not published either. Pick a town below and its distance goes into the estimate, counted both ways. For the real road distance, open the route in Google Maps and copy the number in.
Which basket is your town in?
42 towns within 100 km, sorted into baskets by straight-line distance to the casino. Tap one for the numbers and a road route.
Owen Sound
- Straight line
- 47.3 km
- Both ways, straight
- 94.6 km
Road route in Google MapsPut it in the estimate
A road is always longer than a straight line.
Up to 25 km3 towns
25 to 50 km9 towns
50 to 75 km11 towns
75 to 100 km19 towns
Town points: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Driving time is not estimated.
What is inside
The casino floor has 289 slot machines. Table games here are electronic, at 18 interconnected stations. An e-table, or electronic table game, is a table game run by a machine. Some stations are fully automatic and some are dealer-assist. The four games are Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat and War, and neither a poker room nor live table games are listed.
At the back of the casino is the Hanover Raceway Simulcast Theatre, where people watch horse-racing simulcasts and bet on the races. For cash, there is an ATM inside the casino and a second one in the raceway grandstand. U.S. currency can be exchanged at the cashier's cage, the casino's cash counter.
- 289slot machines on the floor
- 18electronic table stations
- 4e-table games: Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, War
- 19+with government photo ID
Food and drinks
Out on the casino floor, the Arcade Bar serves all 7 days of the week, from 9 a.m. until 1 a.m. It serves pre-made items and an Arcade menu. The casino also has two restaurants. MATCH Eatery & Public House is a contemporary pub themed around sports and entertainment, and it keeps its own hours. The other is the Buffet, which has no regular hours published.
Both restaurants can be entered through the casino's main entrance or a patio entrance. This guide lists no menu prices, so the food money in the estimate is your own number.
The raceway next door
Harness racing is horse racing in which each horse pulls a driver in a light two-wheeled cart. Hanover Raceway, a harness track at 265 5th Street, shares the grounds with the casino. The Hanover, Bentinck & Brant Agricultural Society runs it. Races run in a summer season, with dates on hanoverraceway.com. Fans get in and park at no cost on race days.
Gaming at the raceway began on February 21, 2001. In May 2017 Gateway bought the Southwest Gaming Bundle, which included the slots at Hanover Raceway, under a 20-year agreement with OLG. An $18 million expansion then moved the casino into the agricultural society's Carriage Hall. It was renamed Playtime Casino Hanover, with a grand opening in April 2019.
At the door
- Ontario law sets 19 as the minimum age to go into a casino or to remain inside one.
- Have valid government-issued photo ID with you; if you are 21 or younger, also carry a second ID showing your name.
- No visit is allowed for anyone barred or self-excluded at this casino or at any other gaming property in Ontario.
- On request, the casino offers communication supports, accessible formats and wheelchairs, and it calls the facility accessible.
Online play in Ontario
Ontario has a regulated online gambling market dating from April 4, 2022, with iGaming Ontario running it and the AGCO overseeing it. Two things make a private online casino legal: AGCO registration, and an agreement to operate from iGaming Ontario, whose directory is at igamingontario.ca. OLG.ca is the online casino of OLG, the provincial agency. Players must be at least 19 and physically inside Ontario while they play. A person can use BetGuard, at betguard.ca, to shut themselves out of all regulated Ontario online gambling sites, and that includes OLG.ca.
Each paid link on the home page carries the label Ad. These links send adults to a partner, a private online casino, open to them when physically inside Ontario. It is not OLG.ca, and it gives the guide a commission.
Where to get help
- ConnexOntario offers help that is free, confidential and available 24/7: phone 1-866-531-2600, chat at connexontario.ca, or send the text CONNEX to 247247.
- OLG's My PlayBreak closes Ontario casinos to you for 1 to 5 years, 3 months or 6 months; enrol via the OLG Support Centre, 1-800-387-0098.
- BetGuard, at betguard.ca, reaches only regulated online gambling sites in Ontario; land-based casinos fall outside it.
Short answers
- What time does the casino close on a Wednesday?
- Wednesday hours run from 9 a.m. until 1 a.m., which means closing time is 1 a.m. Confirm holiday hours with the casino's own site.
- Does the casino stay open through Saturday night?
- Friday and Saturday are open 24 hours. Sunday opens at 9 a.m., and the hours between midnight and 9 a.m. on Sunday are not published.
- Are there live dealers?
- Neither a poker room nor live table games appear in the listings. The tables are electronic, at 18 stations with Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat and War. Some stations are fully automatic and some are dealer-assist.
- How old must a visitor be, and what ID is needed?
- Visitors must be 19 or older under Ontario law. Have valid government-issued photo ID ready. If you are 21 or younger, add a second ID that shows your name.
- Does any bus go to the casino?
- The casino has no published local bus route, shuttle or taxi stand. It is reached by car, and parking outside race days is not published.