By Steve Beauregard. Related: Casinos in and around Philadelphia. Keep in mind, self-parking is always free for those of you who have a Rush Rewards players card who have reached the Preferred Blue or Signature Black levels. All day every day! The drive on Interstate 79 would take you from 30 minutes or so, however on busy Friday afternoons it can take just over an hour, according to Google Maps estimates. Food service to the table is offered around the clock and there are daily tournaments. Official Website: RiversCasino. Casino photos courtesy of VisitPittsburgh.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} While the casino is open 24 hours a day, the sportsbook is open from 10 AM to midnight, seven days a week. Other amenities include an ultra-lounge, entertainment venue, bars of course, and a lane bowling alley. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}Another casino is just 25 miles away. In fact, with , square feet of casino floor space, Rivers Casino is larger than many of the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. Having a monopoly in Steel City, Rivers Casino does very well. In addition to the four bars, two of which often offer live music, the casino hosts concerts outside in a wonderful setting in their amphitheater on the river bank. The large multi-story attached parking garage offers free self-parking except for special event days at Heinz Field i. In fact, of the twelve casinos in Pennsylvania, Rivers is the 3rd busiest, only behind Parx Casino outside of Philadelphia and the Wind Creek Bethlehem. The 14 table poker room has a progressive bad-beat jackpot and hosts a stop on the Heartland Poker Tour. The only casino in Pittsburgh, the Rivers is on the north shore. Rivers Casino Pittsburgh opened in with just slot machines, but table games were added the following year. Multi-story parking garage on both sides of the casino offer gamblers plenty of free parking options. Combined, they bring in over half a billion dollars of gaming revenue a year, per the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The 5, square foot space with huge LED video screens boasts seating for nearly There are 33 self-serve betting kiosk machines, and six manned betting windows. Not including the food court, Meadows has five different restaurants, including the Carvery Buffet, which offers views of the racetrack. This does not include the valet tip. The , square foot complex occupies 17 acres on the banks of the Ohio River, just a few hundred feet from Heinz Field.