What You Actually Walk Into
Aspers sits up on Level 3 of Westfield Stratford City in The Loft area - 312 Montfichet Road, London E20 1ET, right by the Olympic Park in East London. This is a bricks-and-mortar casino, not an online brand, so everything here is about what happens once you step onto that gaming floor.
You do not pay to get in. No membership card needed, no strict dress-code drama, and you do not have to book in advance. You arrive, they may ask you to confirm you are 18 or over, and then you go straight through. The venue operates on a UK Gambling Commission licence and has been promoted as London’s only large-licence super casino, with roughly 65,000 square feet of gaming space, which is genuinely on the large side for the UK scene.
The live casino pit is the main draw. Real dealers, physical layouts, chips and shoes, and standard UK casino rules. You are not staring at a digital wheel pretending to be a real one.
The Table Games Floor
Once you reach the tables, this is the sort of mix you are looking at. American Roulette, Double Zero Roulette, Spread-Bet Roulette, Blackjack, Punto Banco - which is just another name for Baccarat - Casino War, Superwheel, and a few extra formats that appear or disappear depending on which session is running. Everything is dealt live, with clear minimum and maximum stakes shown above each table.
| Game Category | What’s Available |
|---|---|
| Roulette | American, Double Zero, Spread-Bet |
| Card Games | Blackjack, Punto Banco, Casino War |
| Other Tables | Superwheel and rotating variants |
| Electronic Terminals | Live roulette and baccarat via 92 machines |
| Poker Room | Texas Hold’em cash games and tournaments |
There is one practical point to clock before you sit down. Table minimums are not fixed. They change with the table and with the time of day. A game that is £5 a spin on a quiet Tuesday afternoon can be a different story on a busy Friday night. Have a quick look at the sign above the layout before you push any chips forward.
Your First Visit, Step by Step
If this is your first time in a UK land-based casino, the routine is fairly simple, but it can feel smoother when you know what is coming.
Make your way to Westfield Stratford City and go up to Level 3. If you are driving, Car Park B has a lift that takes you straight to the casino entrance, which saves a bit of wandering around the mall.
At the door, you might be asked for photo ID. You must be at least 18 to enter, and that rule covers all parts of the venue, including bar and lounge areas.
Then head for the cashier desk to swap cash for chips. All betting is in GBP. Card payments at the cashier follow normal UK casino practice, so nothing unusual there.
When you are ready, pick the table that suits you. Above every table there is a sign showing the minimum and maximum bet allowed during that particular session.
Wait until the croupier shows that new players can join the next round. After that, place your chips carefully in the correct betting boxes or areas.
From there, you mostly just follow the dealer’s lead. On roulette, betting closes once they call “no more bets.” On blackjack, you will be asked to use hand signals as well as words - the croupier will usually explain this if you are not fully sure how to do it.
Any winnings are paid straight to your betting position at the table. You can scoop them up after each round or just let them ride for the next hand or spin.
When you are finished, take whatever chips you have left back to the cashier and change them back into cash.
The staff are very used to people who are new to it all. If you do not understand a rule or a signal, wait until the round ends and just ask the croupier - it is genuinely normal behaviour and nobody minds.
The Electronic Terminals
Across the main floor Aspers runs around 92 electronic terminals. These are not slot machines and they are not random number generator table games either. Each one links into a live table feed, so you are still betting on a real roulette wheel or a real baccarat shoe with a croupier working away somewhere on the floor. They refer to this as their live electronics offer, and it sits nicely between a full table seat and a pure electronic game.
Outside the busiest periods, finding an empty terminal is usually straightforward. You feed notes into the acceptor, the money shows up as credits on your screen, and then you choose which live game stream you want to follow. The touchscreen lets you place bets while a countdown timer runs, and that timer is actually synced to the betting window on the real table in the pit. When the spin or hand is resolved, the outcome comes from the actual wheel or physical shoe, not from a software algorithm.
To get your money back out, you hit the collect button and the machine prints a voucher. That slip then goes to the cashier, where they pay you in cash. If the on-screen layout looks a bit overwhelming at first, floor staff can go through it with you step by step. There is also an “Electronics - How to Play Electronics” section on the casino’s own website if you prefer to read through it before you make the trip.