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Johnny Z’s Casino at Central City is one of three Z-branded casinos in Colorado owned by Maverick Gaming LLC. It’s a slot machine-only casino with no table games, but it has two dining options on-site: the Z Cafe and the Z Grill.

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Johnny Z’s is just a few minutes’ walk from its sister property, The Grand Z Casino Hotel, which offers convenient accommodation for patrons of both locations.

Johnny Z Sportsbook and Online Betting

Johnny Z’s Casino Online Sports Betting: Johnny Z’s Casino parent company Maverick Gaming has not yet made any formal announcement about its plans for an online sportsbook.

Johnny Z’s Casino Online Sportsbook Bonus: Not yet known.

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Johnny Z’s Casino Retail Sportsbook: Maverick Gaming has no known plans to open a retail sportsbook at Johnny Z’s Casino.

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Johnny Z’s Casino History

Johnny Z’s casino was opened in 2010 as the Reserve Casino Hotel, as the first property owned by Colorado-based CC Gaming LLC.

The location was formerly known as The Central Palace Casino, which operated in Central City throughout the 1990s. CC Gaming LLC purchased the property for $725,000 from former owner George Maloof, subsequently renovating it to the tune of $5.5 million to become Johnny Z’s Casino. It is now owned and operated by Maverick Gaming LLC, who purchased Johnny Z’s Casino–along with two other CC Gaming LLC casinos–in September 2019.

Johnny Z’s Casino features slot and video machines only, with a range of over 350 machines on the gaming floor. For those who enjoy table games, their sister property The Grand Z Casino Hotel is only a four-minute walk away.

The Grand Z also provides the convenient accommodation for customers of both properties and is directly offered via Johnny Z’s website. The hotel features 119 recently-renovated rooms, as well as free parking.

Both café and grill options are available to patrons of Johnny Z’s Casino:

• Z Grill: Full-service restaurant with steak, Mexican food, comfort foods and desserts. They serve their famous double-down breakfast all-day
• Z Café: Offers Starbucks beverages, pizza, sandwiches, ice cream and more. Positioned just a few steps away from the gaming floor.

Club Z Loyalty Program

Johnny Z’s Casino has a loyalty program called Club Z, which is shared across the three Z-branded Maverick Gaming casinos: Johnny Z’s, The Z Casino and The Grand Z Casino Hotel. Club Z members can use their rewards card to claim a variety of benefits, including point multipliers, meal and gas offers, hotel promotions, giveaways and more.

Johnny Z’s Casino’s website has a list of current Club Z promotions.

No, Johnny Z’s Casino at Central City does not currently offer sports betting. This may change in the future, however, with owners Maverick Gaming LLC having expressed interest in sports betting services.

Johnny Z’s Casino at Central City has one sit-down restaurant – the Z Grill. It offers steak, Mexican food, all-day breakfast and more. For lighter grab-and-go options, they also have a café on site.

No, Johnny Z’s Casino at Central City does not have a hotel attached. There is, however, a hotel four minutes’ walk away at The Grand Z Casino Hotel – a sister property.

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Johnny Z’s Casino at Central City is open 24 hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The hours for the remaining weekdays are 8 a.m. until 3 a.m.

Johnny Z’s Casino Sportsbook

Sports betting became legal at both online and retail sportsbooks as of May 1, 2020. Online sportsbooks are accessible anywhere within the state, both on computers and on mobile devices.

The owner and operator of Johnny Z’s, Maverick Gaming LLC, has not announced its plans for opening both a retail and online sportsbooks. But when Maverick closed on the purchase of Johnny Z’s, Z Casino and Grand Z Casino Hotel from CC Gaming LLC in 2019, it was made clear the company plans on opening sportsbooks in some form in the near future.

When it comes to Johnny Z’s Casino, there have not been any announcements about the specific plans for retail and online sportsbooks, but by looking at its owner and operator Maverick Gaming, we can get some clues about what is likely to happen.

When Maverick purchased Johnny Z’s from CC Gaming LLC, majority owner Eric Perssonsaid:

“This purchase gives Maverick Gaming sports betting in two states and we look forward to adding more jurisdictions in the coming months.”

As for which company Maverick and Johnny Z’s might partner with, William Hill appears most likely. Maverick Gaming owns four Nevada casinos, Gold Country Inn and Casino, Red Garter Hotel and Casino, Red Lion Hotel and Casino and Wendover Nugget Hotel and Casino. William Hill runs the sportsbooks at Red Garter, Red Lion and Wendover, while Gold Country does not have a sportsbook.

As for William Hill, the company is one of the leading gaming companies in United Kingdom.

William Hill already has agreements both with Isle Casino and Lady Luck Casino to operate their sportsbooks.

Johnny Z’s Casino

Johnny Z’s is a slots-only casino and features 330 gaming machines, but no table games or poker rooms in its 21,000-square-foot facility. The minimum and max bet for video poker and slot machine ranges from 1 cent up to $100, the highest amount allowed in Colorado.

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Slot machines

Johnny Z’s features more than 300 video poker and slot machines. Johnny Z’s prides itself on its attentive service and offers complimentary drinks as well as snacks delivered right to player’s machines. It also offers video roulette, craps, and blackjack.

Table games

Johnny Z’s does not have any table games, but its sister casinos, Z Casino and Grand Z Casino Hotel, both do. Those casinos offer blackjack, poker, craps and roulette.

Johnny Z’s Casino poker room

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Johnny Z’s Casino does not currently have a poker room.

Rewards program at Johnny Z’s Casino

Johnny Z’s Casinos shares its reward program with Z Casino Black Hawk and Grand Z Casino Hotel. That means players can earn points at all three properties and use their reward points at all three as well. The rewards program is known as Club Z and it is free to join.

A few of the benefits of being a Club Z member include being entered into monthly casino drawings and being invited to member-only specials. Those specials include car giveaways as well as monthly calendar rewards.

There are four levels of Club Z and players will have six months to earn enough points to advance to the next VIP level. Level 1 is Club (0-4,999 points), next is Flame (5,000-24,999 points), then Nitro (25,000-49,999 points) and lastly is Turbo (50,000+ points).

Johnny Z’s Casino amenities

While there is not a hotel at Johnny Z’s, there is at Grand Z Casino Hotel, which is a very short distance away. You are even able to book a room right from Johnny Z’s website.

As for entertainment, that’s available at fellow Maverick Gaming property Z Casino in Black Hawk. Z Casino boasts The Mile High Room, a space that has a dance floor and stage, with live shows regularly.

Johnny Z’s does however offer two restaurants on its premises.

• Z Grill: American. Full-service restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Prime rib is their specialty and the all-day breakfast.
• Z Café: Deli, desserts and coffee. Perfect for a quick meal and Starbucks coffee.

Johnny Z’s Casino history

Back in the 1990s when gambling was first legalized in Colorado, Johnny Z’s was then known as The Central Palace Casino. Its first owner was George Maloof, of the prominent Maloof family.

CC Gaming LLC bought the property for a reported $725,000 and then invested another $5.5 million in renovations. In 2010 it reopened as the Reserve Casino Hotel and later the name was changed to Johnny Z’s.

Johnny Z Casino Black Hawk

In 2019, Maverick Gaming LLC purchased Central City-based Johnny Z’s and Grand Z Casino Hotel, and Z Casino, located in Black Hawk.