Casino of Montreal

The Casino of Montreal is located on the island Notre-Dame at Montreal, in the old house of France of the World Fair of 1967. It is managed by the Société of the casinos of Quebec which is a subsidiary company of Lotto-Quebec.

History

The Casino of Montreal was inaugurated the 9 October 1993. In 1994, the casino was increased first once. In 1996, a second enlarging made it possible to add a theater.

Description

August 1st The Casino of Montreal counts nine stages where one finds more than 120 tables of play, 3.212 machines with under and electronic game like one of the more big games of Keno in America.

One finds there four restaurants, of which Nuances, one of the most refined tables of North America, crowned for the sixth year of the prestigious mention Five Diamonds by guide CAA/AAA. The quality of its chart of the wines was also recognized by the American review Wine Spectator.

The Casino also counts a room of 500 places, the Cabaret of the Casino of Montreal, which accommodates variety shows and musical reviews. It is about the single theater with Montreal where one can take a meal.

With the 31 March 2006, its annual turnover was of 500,8 million CAN. During the financial year 2005-2006, he was attended by more than 6,2 million visitors.

Removal

In June 2005, Lotto-Quebec proposed the establishment of a complex of entertainment of international gauge on the site of the Peel basin, in the sector of Le Havre of Montreal. The project, elaborate in collaboration with the Circus of the Sun, rose from development plan 2004-2007 of Lotto-Quebec. The complex included/understood in particular a hotel of 300 rooms, a theater of 2.500 places, the relocalization of the Casino of Montreal and, possibly, a center of trade fairs. On the other hand, after eight month of tergiversations and protests of the Community groups, the two promoters decided to give up the idea. The government of Quebec, unpopular in the surveys at this time, is not very magic by the project. The important opposition, just as uncertainty on the economic profitability of the project probably pushed the government has to show reserve in this file.

Anecdote

In April 1994, Daniel Corriveau gains 600.000 CAD while playing Keno of the Casino of Montreal. He managed to select 19 of the 20 gaining numbers three times of continuation. Corriveau jointly affirms to have used a computer with the Théorie of chaos to detect a tendency in the sequence of the numbers. It was revealed later that the sequence had been made simpler to predict because of the use, by the casino, of a Générateur of pseudo-random numbers inadequate. In fact, the electronic machine of Keno was started again daily in the same initial state, producing each day the same sequence of numbers. For some, this profit is illicit, but Corriveau legally has enfreint no law while thus acting.

See too

External bonds

Official site

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