The Ridge Casino
Corner of Mandela Street and the N4 highway, eMalahleni (formerly Witbank), Mpumalanga, South Africa · eMalahleni · South Africa
The Ridge Casino sits on the corner of Mandela Street and the N4 at eMalahleni, the Mpumalanga coal town formerly called Witbank, a straightforward drive east of Pretoria.
The floor by the numbers
The operator counts 133 slot machines on the main casino floor, 143 in the smoking casino and 54 in the Salon Prive. Casino hours are 09:00 to 02:00 Sunday to Thursday and 09:00 to 04:00 on Friday and Saturday, with tables opening at 11:00 every day.
What is dealt
Blackjack, American roulette, and The Ridge Raise 'Em Poker.
Why that is not a poker room
Raise 'Em Poker is a banked table game: the player is paid from a fixed schedule by the casino, and other players at the table are not competing for the same pot. No rake is taken in the way a poker room takes it, there is no tournament structure, and the skills that matter in a cash game barely apply. The Ridge's own page frames it as a table game alongside blackjack and roulette, which is the right way to read it.
Mpumalanga has no advertised player-versus-player poker at the Tsogo Sun properties; the nearest rooms that do publish poker are in Gauteng.
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Frequently asked questions
Does The Ridge Casino have a poker room?
No. It deals The Ridge Raise 'Em Poker, a house-banked table game, not player-versus-player cash games or tournaments.
How many slot machines does The Ridge have?
The operator counts 133 on the main floor, 143 in the smoking casino and 54 in the Salon Prive.
What are the opening hours?
09:00 to 02:00 Sunday to Thursday and 09:00 to 04:00 on Friday and Saturday, with tables from 11:00 daily.