Pure Casino Yellowhead has 26 live-action table games, and twelve of them are blackjack. For a room with fewer than 800 slots, that is a strikingly table-heavy build, and it is the reason to choose this property over its sister sites.

It sits in Edmonton's northwest off Yellowhead Trail near 149 Street, close to the St. Albert boundary, runs 24 hours a day, and holds a 4.0 rating from more than 2,300 Google reviewers.

The pit is the point

Twelve blackjack tables means you will find an open seat at a minimum you want on almost any evening, which is not true at every Edmonton room on a Friday.

Around them: craps, baccarat, Pai Gow tiles, roulette, Ultimate Texas Hold'em and Crazy Four Card Poker.

Pai Gow tiles is the item to flag. Most casinos advertising pai gow mean Pai Gow poker, played with cards. Tiles is the original domino game, it is slow, it is social, and there are very few places in Western Canada to sit down at it. If that is your game, this is your room.

A dedicated 24-hour poker room runs alongside.

The machines

More than 770 slot machines and 10 video lottery terminals. Solid rather than remarkable, and clearly the secondary attraction here — the floor is built around the pit, not the reels.

Getting there

12464 153 Street NW, just off Yellowhead Trail in northwest Edmonton. Free parking, and it is the most convenient Edmonton casino for anyone coming from St. Albert or the northwest suburbs, who would otherwise cross the city.

Ownership changed hands in December 2024, when the Pure chain was bought by Indigenous Gaming Partners, a company formed by five Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw First Nations.

The casino region you are assigned to

Alberta divides the province into casino regions, and charities are generally assigned to the facility nearest them. Yellowhead draws from northwest Edmonton and St. Albert, so the volunteer groups working the floor here are the ones you would recognise from that part of the city — minor hockey, church groups, service clubs.

It is a quirk of the only provincial model in Canada where charities conduct the casino events themselves, adopted in 2003, and it is why the same organisations reappear at the same building year after year.

Worth it?

If you play table games, this is the best-value room in Edmonton. Twenty-six tables with twelve blackjack games, craps, tiles and a 24-hour poker room is a deeper pit than Pure Edmonton offers in a much bigger building.

If you play slots, go elsewhere — 770 machines is the smallest floor of the major Edmonton rooms and Starlight has both more machines and more to do around them.

There is no hotel and no showroom. This is a gaming floor, and a good one.

FAQ

How many table games does Pure Casino Yellowhead have?

26 live-action tables, including twelve blackjack games, craps, baccarat, Pai Gow tiles, roulette, Ultimate Texas Hold'em and Crazy Four Card Poker.

Does it have Pai Gow tiles?

Yes, the tile game rather than the card version, which is rare in Western Canada.

How many slot machines are there?

More than 770, plus 10 video lottery terminals.

Is there poker?

Yes, a dedicated 24-hour poker room.

Is Pure Casino Yellowhead open 24 hours?

Yes, seven days a week.

Where is it?

12464 153 Street NW, off Yellowhead Trail in northwest Edmonton, near St. Albert.

Comparing Edmonton rooms? See our Edmonton casinos guide, Pure Casino Edmonton and all 30 Alberta land casinos.

Updated September 2026 · Details verified against the operator's site and AGLC published information. Table spreads, floor counts and hours change. Confirm before you go.