Editing Lake Charles, Louisiana (section)

===Casinos===
[[File:Golden Nugget Lake Charles.JPG|thumb|Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles]]

Lake Charles has Louisiana's biggest casino market.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boone|first1=Timothy|title=The Advocate|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/11889960-123/baton-rouge-casino-market-continues|website=Theadvocate.com|publisher=The Advocate|access-date=August 4, 2015}}</ref> The [[L'Auberge du Lac Resort|L'Auberge du Lac]] Casino Resort is a {{convert|242|acre|ha|adj=on}}, 26-story hotel in Lake Charles. It has nearly 1000 guest rooms, a casino, golf course, spa, and meeting center.<ref>{{cite web | title = L'Auberge Casino Resort Property Fact Sheet | publisher = KPLCtc.com | date = January 14, 2013 | url = http://www.kplctv.com/story/10056208/lauberge-du-lac-casino-resort-property-fact-sheet}}</ref> A second casino, the [[Golden Nugget Lake Charles]], opened in 2014 next to L'Auberge du Lac.<ref>{{cite news|title=Houston billionaire's Lake Charles casino opens early|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|author=Erin Mulvaney|date=December 7, 2014|url=http://www.chron.com/business/real-estate/article/Houston-billionaire-s-Lake-Charles-casino-set-to-5941718.php|access-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> The 18-story casino resort hotel has more than 740 guest rooms, a casino, golf course, meeting space, and retail corridor, and a private beach and marina.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kaplan |first=David |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/Golden-Nugget-to-be-erected-in-Louisiana-with-4687617.php |title=Golden Nugget to be erected in Louisiana with 'the best synergy outside of Vegas' |newspaper=Mysa|date=July 25, 2013 |access-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref>

While [[Caesars Entertainment|Horseshoe Lake Charles]] is technically in one of the city's suburbs known as [[Westlake, Louisiana]], it forms part of the city's gambling market, along  with [[Delta Downs]] in [[Vinton, Louisiana]] and [[Coushatta Casino Resort]] in [[Kinder, Louisiana]].