They are generally limited to operating while the ship is in international waters. With a few exceptions, cruise casinos are not open while ships are in port.

Related: A beginners guide to picking a cruise line Are cruise casinos open in port? rivers where 'riverboat' gambling is reserved for casino boats, not river cruise ships. River cruise lines do not have casinos on board, even on U.S. Smaller luxury ships like those belonging to Ponant, Ritz-Carlton, Scenic and Emerald do not have casinos. (Windstar and Azamara actually removed casinos from their ships and repurposed the space.)Īmong the luxury cruise lines, Silversea and Seabourn have casinos on their non-expedition ships Regent Seven Seas has casinos on all its ships. Premium cruise lines Oceania Cruises and Cunard have casinos, while Viking, Azamara and Windstar Cruises do not.

Specialty cruise lines like Disney Cruise Line, Paul Gauguin and most expedition cruise ships do not have casinos. Most large, mainstream cruise ships have casinos, including the ships of Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line (other than Pride of America), Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises and Virgin Voyages.

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