Ojibwa Casinos, Marquette and Baraga

Ojibwa Casino Resorts’ online gambling partnerships

After MI legalized online casinos, sports wagering, and other forms of online gambling, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community signed a deal with Golden Nugget to serve as a retail partner for both the Golden Nugget Online Casino and Golden Nugget Sportsbook.

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At the time, Tilman Fertitta, owner of Golden Nugget, said that online sports betting is good, but online casinos are “where the money is, that’s where the customer is more valuable, and that’s where the big money is going to be made going forward.” That perhaps helps explain why, in early 2024, the sports wagering site decided to shut down in Michigan.

The casino at Ojibwa Casino Resort – Marquette

The Ojibwa Casino Resort in Marquette is now the larger of the two KBIC-owned properties. Thanks to a $34-million renovation completed in late 2019, the venue now hosts more than 500 slot machines, several table games, and a small poker area.

Slot machines range in denomination from penny slots to $5 machines, and include standard slots, progressive slots, video poker, and Keno. Some of the latest titles to grace the floor include Lightning Link, Cleopatra Gold, and Mighty Ca$h Bonus.

As far as casino table games go, players who favor blackjack will find the most options and opportunities at the Marquette location. They offer both pitch and shoe blackjack, with two decks for the former and six for the latter. Bet levels for blackjack games at Ojibwa are between $5 and $300 per wager. It is also possible to find craps games, card-based table games, and roulette. All three games have bet levels as low as $3, and it’s possible to find bonus bets on both craps and Let It Ride.

One thing to note is that the table games at Ojibwa Casino in Marquette are not always running when the casino is open. Instead, you can play most of the games on Wed. and Thur. from 4 p.m. to 12 a.m., and on Fri. and Sat. from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Be sure to call and double-check the availability of the table games before you come, particularly if you have to travel a bit to reach the property. While the Ojibwa website still lists table games as offered at the Marquette site, that could change.

The casino at Ojibwa Casino Resort – Baraga

The Baraga Ojibwa Casino Resort offers many of the same amenities as its sister property. While the number of slot machines available is lower, the options are roughly the same.

Visitors to the Baraga property will discover more than 340 slot machines waiting for them. These machines offer denominations between 1 cent and $5. Video slot machines, progressive slots, video poker, and Keno machines are available for play. Titles you’ll find at Ojibwa Baraga include Dragon Link, Quick Hit, and Fortune Coin. As noted, table games at Baraga are currently closed.

Rewards Club

The Rewards Club is available for any patron at either Ojibwa Casino Resort location. By signing up, you can put yourself in a position to receive a host of perks for your play.

Each point you earn with your card can be redeemed at various tribal facilities. You can use your loyalty points for things like:

• Casino merchandise
• Gas vouchers at the Pines Convenience Center in Baraga
• Food vouchers to the PressBox Sports Bar & Grill at the Baraga location
• Free play on the casinos’ slot machines

In addition, the Rewards Club is the hub for the promotions offered by both casinos. If you want to get in line for some goodies, a membership is the first place to start.

Other promotions

Promotions at these two casinos tend to be either weekly or seasonal. Examples of weekly promos at these resorts include:

• Good as Gold Hot Seats: Fridays, two winners chosen per hour for $250 in free play.
• Birthday Rewards: $15 in free play.
• Senior Rewards: Mondays Rewards Club members 55+ unlock $10 in free play and earn 5 same-day points.

The Ojibwa Casino Resorts’ amenities

Like most casinos, both Ojibwa Casino Resorts offer several amenities beyond gaming. After all, it’s best to create a space where people can relax for many hours on end.

Hotel

At this time, the Baraga location is the only one to feature a hotel for its guests. Ojibwa Casino Resort Marquette guests will have to use lodging options in the area for the time being. However, the Ojibwa Casino Hotel Baraga is a small, but comfortable, place for gamblers to rest for the evening. The small property features 40 guest rooms, including two updated suites.

Guests at the hotel enjoy free wireless internet and access to an indoor pool with a whirlpool and sauna. Government employees, AARP members, and Rewards Club members can receive special discounts as a reward for their loyalty. There are also two on-site restaurants at Baraga, as well as a bowling alley for the whole family. Best of all, the entire facility is smoke-free.

Dining

Both Ojibwa Casino locations offer two dining options for visitors to their respective properties. In both cases, there is a place to get decent bite-to-eat and a bar-type area. At the Baraga location, PressBox Bar and Grill offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and drinks.

At Marquette, you’ll find MQT’s Superior Eats, which serves as the location’s main restaurant. You can get any meal, from breakfast to dinner, and sample some of the fresh catches hauled out of nearby Lake Superior. And then there’s The Lounge for bites, drinks, and local bands and other entertainment.

Meeting spaces

There are also meeting spaces located at both locations.  In fact, the recent expansion to the Marquette property specifically added an event center to its portfolio. Meanwhile, Baraga maintains two conference rooms available for rental. Each room can accommodate up to 80 guests and is ideal for birthdays, graduations, family reunions, and other gatherings.

Ojibwa Casino Resorts history

Though the Ojibwa Casino properties are not particularly large, they hold an important place in United States gambling history. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community lands were the first place to host a tribal casino in the US, which occurred after the tribal council issued a permit to tribal member Fred Dakota in 1982.

Though the action touched off years of legal battles, it was an important and necessary first step in bringing legal gambling to the Native American tribes around the country. Although Dakota got the ball rolling, the tribe waited only three years before opening its own casino in 1985. At the time, the tribe elected to install a few blackjack tables in a bowling alley facility it owned. The bowling alley is still there, of course, but the growing casino around it is now known as the Ojibwa Casino Resort in Baraga.

Sometime after, the tribe decided to open a second casino in Marquette. Given that Marquette is growing rapidly, the new site received a massive facelift and tens of millions of dollars in renovations. Between the two casinos, there are nearly 1,000 slot machines, several table games, a bingo hall, a hotel, and, of course, a bowling alley. Although you’d never mistake either location for a Vegas-style casino, both are excellent examples of how to build a casino operation from the ground up.