On a rainy Thursday morning in May, cars streamed into a parking lot straddling the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. Engines idled as drivers waited for 9 a.m., opening time at The Nash Casino.
When the doors finally unlocked, patrons poured in beneath roaring pop music and flashing lights, drawn toward rows of brightly colored slot machines and gaming tables. Even at breakfast hour, the atmosphere felt more like a party.
The Nash is now the largest “charitable gaming” facility in New Hampshire, with 130,000 square feet of gaming, dining, and entertainment space inside a former Sears building at the Pheasant Lane Mall. It opened to over 16,000 people in March of 2025.
