Famous European Casinos

Outstanding! I have no words to describe…This are some of the expressions that we hear when talking to casinos gamblers after they’ve visited a certain casino for the first time. Of course, I’m not talking about online casino gamblers, I’m talking about those gamblers that love to feel the cards in their hands and are driven crazy about the touch of the chips they’ve just won. But its not just about money and gambling, usually casinos are running in impressive buildings, with heavy walls that have witnessed crucial history fact, walls that protected the lives of many soldiers, true castles that are usually a symbol of their surrounding area. When you travel to such places its worth visiting the casino just for the feeling that you experience in those celebrating and sometimes ceremonial large halls. If it happens that you’re a gambler too then for sure spending your life in such places is your dream. In this review I’m going to guide you to some of the most famous European Casinos.

The town of Rhodes is an UNESCO World Heritage City. This Island is located at the meeting point of three continents and during the history of mankind had the chance of knowing some of the greatest civilizations mentioned in the history books. The Greek Island has been populated since around 4000 B.C., but it became more popular around the 5th century B.C. when sea trade became important, and so did Rhodes. This is the place where Hares decided he would create his art work – The Colossus of Rhodes – one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Macedonians – led by Alexander the Great – ruled over Rhodes in the 4-th century B.C. In the 2nd century B.C. the Romans invaded Rhodes. Next came the Persians who ruled since the 1st century A.D. In the 16th century the Ottomans conquered Rhodes until the Greek War of Independence in 1912. In the same year the Italians invaded, then the Germans in 1943 and the British in 1945.
Today the extremely luxurious Rhodes Casino is the only casino on the Island and it welcomes its guests with a huge number of choices. You can find there around 300 slot machines, some of them with an impressive 99% payout rate, with bets that can go from as low as 0,01 Euros up to 10 Euros. You can also find around 34 table games, such as Roulette with bets varying from 5 to 500 Euros, Blackjack with bets from 15 to 5000 Euros for each hand, Stud Poker with a range from 15 to 1250 Euros and of course the popular and simple at the same time Punto Banca with bets from 25 up to 2500 Euros per hand. Recently a card-based loyalty system has been launched in order to thank the most loyal participant to Rhodes Casino tables.

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The Costa del Sol, province of Malaga, southern Spain: the large amount of tourists that visit this place can find here sunshine over 300 days a year. Nothing unusual so far, but beside the short distance to the popular Straits of Gibraltar – around 100 km – you should know that in less than 2 hours you can reach Sierra Nevada mountains where people usually go for…skiing. Few places in the world can make you pack your swimsuit and your skiing equipment at the same time. And while during the day people go surfing or skiing, at night there is one place that draws all the attention: The Torrequebrada Casino – located in the 5 stars Torrequebrada Hotel – which has every year over 130 000 people and growing. It offers 23 tables and over 80 slot machines. Smoker or non smoker you have a room that suits you needs and inside it you can choose to play – beside the slots – Stud Poker, Blackjack, Roulette and Punto Banca. And to make you feel special there is a VIP room for exclusive guests. The cuisine with over 15 000 dinners each year and the nightclub with its bars are other “accessories” that can help you spend some quality time in Costa del Sol. You can even find conference rooms if the main goal of your visit is a business meeting. An important earn trophy for this casino is the “World Travel Award”, the most prestigious award a casino can receive.