Two Vegas casinos become firsts to accept Bitcoin

Bitcoin will be accepted only at five locations throughout the two properties, none of them on the gaming floor, including hotel front desks, and the D’s Gift Shop, its outpost of Detroit’s famed American Coney Island eatery and for more upscale dining at Joe Vicari’s Andiamo Italian Steakhouse. Both hotels will use BitPay to process transactions through tablets and mobile interfaces.

The co-owner of the D and the Golden Gate, Derek Stevens, says he's been intrigued by the currency for years and had talked with patrons who wondered if the casinos would use it.

Stevens says it's tough to forecast how many patrons will pay for their rooms and dinners with Bitcoin, but he predicts other casinos will start adopting it in the future.

The D opened in 2012 following a total rebuild of the existing Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino on the same spot, and both properties have prime locations on the pedestrianized Fremont Street

Experience, the beating heart of Downtown. It features modern urban boutique hotel styling in the mold of W or Kimpton chains, but at rates that are shockingly low even by Vegas standards. The Golden Gate got major renovations and now has a mix of revamped older rooms and a new all-suite tower with similarly contemporary rooms to those in the D, also bargains.

While Bitcoin will not initially be accepted for casino chips or to double down a hand of blackjack, at least those who lose all their money at the tables will still be able to settle their hotel bill.