Top 5 oldest casinos

Playing your favourite video slots without crossing the threshold of your home is absolutely normal and customary today. However, all the advantages of using the online format does not negate the desire to enjoy the delights of playing with real competitors in a fixed gambling establishment. Perhaps you’ll choose one of the world’s top five entertainment venues to experience a land-based casino.

Top five oldest casinos

Oddly enough, the biggest gambling houses on the planet: Las Vegas and Monte Carlo are at the bottom of the list.

5. Golden Gate Casino

Las Vegas’ oldest casino occupies a ten-storey building in the downtown area at the confluence of Main and Fremont Streets since 1906. Three years later its founder, Jono F. Miller, was forced to close due to a government ban on gambling until 1931. The shrimp cocktails served there for 60 years are legendary.

4. Casino de Monte-Carlo

An entertainment complex in Monaco was built in 1956 to inject money into the Principality’s coffers on the verge of bankruptcy. The new site opened in 1863. The investors included the future Pope Leo XIII. The stone casino is still strikingly luxurious today and offers French roulette, baccarat, blackjack and Texas hold’em.

3. Kurhaus of Baden-Baden

The third position goes to the German Kurhaus of Baden-Baden which opened in 1834. This multi-purpose complex consists of a casino, a spa and a business centre. The main entrance to the building is decorated with Corinthian columns in the neoclassical style. The place reached its peak of popularity in the 1930s due to the ban on gambling in France. Casino aficionados rushed to try their luck abroad. Today the place attracts participants in international events and meetings, such as the Olympic Congress, chess tournaments and NATO summits.

2. Casino de Spa

Belgium’s first casino was built in 1763. During World War I a large part of the building was destroyed by fire. It was not rebuilt until 1918. Over the last century there have been many changes and today the casino attracts a huge number of visitors. This is facilitated by the wide range of entertainment products from slot machines to table games. The most popular games are roulette, poker and blackjack.

1. Casino di Venezia

The oldest gambling house not just in Italy but in all of the world, built during the Renaissance in 1638. The palace is located in Venice on the Grand Canal, and most Venetian players prefer to take a water route (a gondola) to reach it. The building changed hands many times until it was bought by Venice in 1946. Today it attracts tourists from all over the world to enjoy the 600 slot machines, poker, roulette, blackjack and other classic table games.

According to some reports, the people of Ancient Egypt, China, Ancient Greece and Rome were into gambling in the same time, but there are no specially designated places for it.