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 The Casino de Montréal is a casino located on the Île Notre-Dame in Montreal. It is the largest casino in Canada, and among the top ten largest in the world. The casino consists of three buildings. Two of these, the French Pavilion and the Quebec Pavilion, were built for Expo 67. The third building is an annex built by the casino. The main building has five floors. There are over 3200 slot machines and over 120 gaming tables in the casino. The casino also contains four restaurants, four bars, a cabaret, and meeting and banquet facilities. The casino is somewhat unconventional as there are windows in many places, and low ceilings. The casino is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to patrons aged 18 and older. It has been a non-smoking casino since July 2003, and the former smoking lounges were closed in May 2006 with the passing of a new provincial law. Alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the playing areas. The casino's address is "1 avenue du Casino" (45°30′19.70″N 73°31′33.50″W / 45.505472°N 73.525972°W).
[edit] Games The following table games are offered:
The casino also offers Royal Ascot electronic racetracks, intercasino jackpots, electronic bingo, slot machines, video lottery terminals, two Keno lounges, tournaments and mini-tournaments, and a high limits gaming area and lounge. [edit] OwnershipThe casino is owned and operated by the Société des casinos du Québec, which also has 3 other casinos in the province of Quebec. The société is a subsidiary of Loto-Québec, a public corporation of the government of Quebec which raises revenue by the means of lotteries, bingos and other games of chance. All of the profits go directly to the government of Quebec. [edit] Keno scandalIn April 1994, Daniel Corriveau managed to win $600,000 CAD playing the Casino de Montréal keno. He was able to pick 19 of the 20 winning numbers three times in a row. Corriveau claims he used a computer and Chaos Theory to discern a pattern in the sequence of numbers. It was later found that the sequence was made easier to predict because the Casino was using an inadequate electronic pseudorandom number generator. In fact, the electronic keno machine was reset every morning with the same seed number, producing the same sequence of numbers every second. Corriveau received his winnings after investigators cleared him of any wrongdoing.[1] [edit] Security officers locked outThe Société des casinos du Québec has locked out 190 security agents at the Casino de Montréal since August 27, 2008, over a contract dispute touching on the agents' work schedule.[2] Managers who would normally run kitchens or supervise tables have been providing security ever since. According the union, many people who have been banned from the casino for a variety of reasons or problem gamblers have signed a self-exclusion agreement have been easily accessing the casino ever since.[3] In September 2008, a client who had been banned for life after assaulting another player was able to enter the casino and won a jackpot of $1.175 million.[4] In order to avoid public embarrassment, the casino lifted the ban on the spot. [edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links |
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