Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam Casino Tour (2026)

Key Takeaways

• The main casino shares space with Billboard Onboard, and that whole area is nonsmoking.
• You’ll find slots like Lightning Link, the players club desk and the cage.
• There’s a group of table games, including roulette. I don’t show the minimums and maximums because they change often, sometimes by the night.
• Yes, there’s a cruise duck claw game, so you can try to win your own cruise ducks. It was turned off when I filmed.
• The smoking section is in what used to be the Gallery Bar. It was converted during one of the ship’s refits a few years ago, and some of the artwork is still hanging there.
• The smoking section is considerably smaller than the nonsmoking side, has no table games and has its own bar. A hallway from there leads out to the Rolling Stone Lounge.

Good to Know

The machines you see in this video may not be there when you sail. They swap games out and change things up, so if those Lightning Links are something else six months from now, don’t yell at me.

If you don’t like smoke, the good news is that the table games and most of the machines are on the nonsmoking side. The smoking section is off by itself in the old Gallery Bar.