The fairy tale “Casino de Monte-Carlo” is a gambling and entertainment center in Monaco, a real luxury casino empire, a real legend, an emblematic institution of the Monaco Duchy, with famous movies such as Casino Royale or Golden Eye…
But where is Monte-Carlo exactly and what do we need to know about Europe’s renowned gambling center?
This famous district is the most well -known part of Monaco, directly on the Mediterranean coast. There is no income tax in the small country, the corporate tax is also low, a great tax haven for everyone. No wonder the standard of living is extremely high. A few thousand Monaco indigenous people are one of the fortunate citizens in the world: they do not pay taxes, they receive great subsidies, and they do not know the unemployment. Although a little disadvantage is still worth them: it is true that Monaco’s main source of revenue comes from the casino, interestingly for Monaco citizens, entry is forbidden…
Monaco, officially known as the Monaco princess, is the world’s second smallest country, only 1.93 m2, which is located on the French Riviera between France and the Mediterranean. In essence, it consists of only a small town, so it’s no wonder Monaco is the most densely populated country in the world. Of course, it was not always so small: when in 1297 the ancestors of the Grimald family despised their feet on this earth.
However, a few hundred years later, not so much voluntarily, they merged with France and then to Sardinia, and when they became independent in 1861, they lost 95 %of their territory, or Nice and its surroundings. Grace Kelly, the son of a beautiful American film actress, Prince Albert, is a descendant of the ancient Grimald family. The city is also famous for holding the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, the “Circuit de Monacon”, which is the slowest course of Formula 1 since 1929. For understandable reasons…
The Monte Carlo casino was created by a certain Francois Blanc in the 19th century. (He happened to be his twin brother, Louis, who added the number 0 to the roulette wheel, which had only 29 numbers before.) In 1863, the fabulous casino building, designed by Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris Opera, was built in 1863. and which founded Monte-Carlo’s reputation and made it a gambling center of Europe.
The casino with beautiful frescoes and sculptures, from the outset, was designed to be a pleasure for gambling. True, they also faced some difficulties, because at that time all kinds of gambling were forbidden in France, but the very influential Prince Charles at the time found the loopholes. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the district was named after Charles Mountain, or Monte Carlo…
The casino is not only wonderful, but also famous for always following changes in technology: it has state -of -the -art machines and games, even with money -winning machines produced exclusively for this casino. The Monte Carlo casino also supports the Monte Carlo Opera, which always features internationally recognized performers. Obviously, the casino can only only be inserted in elegant clothes, mostly in tuxedo and little evening, but on weekdays, it is opened for tourists on weekdays, who, of course, do not expect the same Dress COD.
Of course, such joyful events are not always happening … In 2015, for example, three British professional fraudsters raised € 3.66 million in Casino de Monte-Carlo. The locally switched 10 euros chips, replaced in their pockets for a fake € 1000. As Monaco did his best to spend their money in the prince’s casinos, the three fraudsters were free to live in a luxury hotel. The band’s leader, Sajid Rashid, had previously been banned from all London casinos for his entire life, sitting 14 months for fraud as he had traveled 28 different pseudo -names all over the world, not with a fair intention…
Nevertheless, the Monte Carlo Casino has become legendary and famous among the richer richer aristocratic guests, and has become a luxury casino and gambling center of Europe.