Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, in Prior Lake, is the most-reviewed tribal casino in Minnesota — 27,359 Google reviews at a 4.1 average rating, both pulled from its Google Business profile as of September 2026. This guide updates our earlier, shorter writeup with that current Places data, the property's posted hours, and honest notes on what we haven't verified yet. Everything below is sourced to Google's listing for the venue; we haven't run our documented reviewer-test program (real accounts, real play, real redemptions) on any physical Minnesota casino floor, so treat this as a location-and-reputation overview, not a hands-on review.
Where Mystic Lake Fits Among Minnesota's Tribal Casinos
Mystic Lake sits in Prior Lake, part of the Twin Cities & Southeast region — the state's busiest tribal-gaming corridor, home to three of Minnesota's 19 tribal casinos. Its 4.1 rating ties for the highest of any tribal casino in the state (shared with Prairie's Edge Casino Resort in Granite Falls), and its review count is by far the largest: across all 19 Minnesota tribal casinos, Google users have left a combined 103,000+ reviews, and Mystic Lake alone accounts for roughly 27% of them. The statewide average rating across those 19 properties works out to about 3.9, so Mystic Lake is running about two-tenths of a point above the state's typical tribal-casino floor.
Hours and Access
Mystic Lake's Google Business profile lists the same hours every day of the week: open 24 hours. That makes it one of 15 of the state's 19 tribal casinos running around the clock, seven days a week — a smaller group of properties (including Fond-du-Luth in Duluth and Fortune Bay near Tower) post more limited daily hours instead. The property's official site is mysticlake.com; we'd point you there directly for anything time-sensitive — promotions, event calendars, or same-day dining hours — since Google's listed hours reflect gaming-floor access rather than every amenity on site.
Reading the Rating: What 27,000+ Reviews Suggests
A 4.1 average is one thing at a property with a couple hundred reviews and another thing entirely at a property with 27,359. Sample size matters here: Mystic Lake's review count is more than 23 times larger than Grand Portage Lodge & Casino's 1,151, and more than double every property in the state except Treasure Island. A rating built on that much volume is harder to move with a short run of bad (or good) experiences than one built on a few hundred reviews — which is part of why we're comfortable calling Mystic Lake's reputation the most well-established of any tribal casino in Minnesota, even without our own on-site testing.
Sister Property: Little Six Casino
Prior Lake is actually home to two tribal casinos under the same ownership. Little Six Casino, also in Prior Lake, carries a 4.0 rating across 5,720 Google reviews — a smaller footprint than Mystic Lake by review volume, but still one of the higher-rated properties in the state. If you're already planning a Prior Lake trip around Mystic Lake, it's worth knowing there's a second gaming floor in the same city.
What We Haven't Verified Yet
To be direct about the limits of this page: we have Google's aggregate rating and review count, and we have the venue's posted hours. We do not have independent data on game mix, table minimums, cage withdrawal times, or on-property dining and hotel quality — none of that is in Google's Places data, and it's outside the scope of the online-casino reviewer-test program that this site's methodology describes. If those specifics matter to your trip, cross-check them directly with the property before you go, and treat the rating and review count above as a reputation signal rather than a full review. As our reviewer-test coverage expands beyond online sweepstakes operators, we'll update this page with anything we can verify firsthand rather than repeat secondhand claims.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mystic Lake Casino open 24 hours?
Yes — Google's listing for Mystic Lake Casino Hotel shows "Open 24 hours" for every day of the week, matching most of Minnesota's other large tribal casinos.
What's the minimum age to gamble at Mystic Lake Casino?
Minimum age policies at Minnesota's tribal casinos are set by the individual tribe, not a single statewide rule, and can differ by area of the floor (for example, wherever alcohol is served). We haven't confirmed a specific minimum age for Mystic Lake from the sources behind this page — check the venue's posted age policy directly before planning a visit.
How does Mystic Lake compare to other Minnesota tribal casinos on Google reviews?
It leads the state by a wide margin. Its 27,359 reviews are more than the next two most-reviewed properties combined (Treasure Island Resort & Casino at 17,761 and Black Bear Casino Resort at 7,385), and its 4.1 rating ties Prairie's Edge Casino Resort for the highest in Minnesota. Across all 19 of the state's tribal casinos, the average rating is about 3.9, which puts Mystic Lake meaningfully above the statewide baseline on both volume and score at once — a combination none of the other 18 properties matches.
For more on Minnesota's casino landscape, see our Minnesota casinos guide. If you're comparing the in-person option against online sweepstakes-style play, best casinos in Minnesota and how sweepstakes casinos work cover that side of the market, and our methodology page explains how we source and verify the data on this site.
