$25 million casino featuring Oprah’s former chef’s restaurant, opened just across the Colorado boarder in Wyoming

If you want to gamble near Denver, you don’t have to go far to get to Central City or Blackhawk, but now there’s a new option a little further north just across the Wyoming/Colorado boarder.

Horse Palace at Swan Ranch, a 30,000 sq-ft complex, that cost an estimated $25 million to build, is just a few miles outside of Colorado at exit 4 off of I-25

Wyoming has had slot machine gambling for a couple of years, where the games are actually Historical Horse Races, and that’s how they get away with it. No table games with dice or cards are allowed, but off-track horse racing bets will also be featured.

Oh, and Celebrity Chef Shawn Jackson leads the kitchen at the casino’s restaurant, High Plains Steakhouse.

The state of Wyoming’s second Dunkin’ Donuts also found a home there.