A good recommendation for a kid friendly place in Laughlin, NV (just 75 miles from Vegas) is the Riverside hotel.
It’s definitely not the fanciest hotel there but it’s clean, affordable and awesome for those of us with kids. They have this place called the Kids Kastle. It’s supervised childcare for toddlers on up to 12 year olds (the little ones have a separate area to play in). It’s a huge facility with video games, movies, free play areas etc. We were there last weekend and my son (age 7) had a blast. For $6.50 an hour you can leave your kids with very well trained staff while you get a little *gambling* time in.
I really like the fact that they have daily maximums so that parents can’t just drop their kids off for the entire day and forget about them.
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