Casino Venues

Contrary to the popular saying, lightning can, and does, strike the same place twice. Metaphorically speaking, it did so at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa in Tampa, Florida in December 2021 and January 2022. On December 22, a female resident of nearby Clearwater, who requested to be identified only by her first name, Gloria, staked $50 on a spin of Dragon Link – a 5×3-reel, 50-payline progressive jackpot slot machine – and won over $1.2 million. At that point, she said, ‘All I wanted for Christmas was to hit that progressive jackpot. I still can’t believe my holiday wish came true.’

Lo and behold, on January 9, she returned to the casino and, unbelievably, hit the progressive jackpot – which was, once again, over $1 million – for a second time on the same machine. Apparently, the odds against winning the progressive jackpot just once are estimated at 60,000,000/1, so ‘Gloria’ actually defied odds of 3,600,000,000,000,000/1 by doing so twice.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, which is owned and operated by the federally recognised Seminole Tribe of Florida, features one of the largest casinos in the United States, with approximately 5,000 slot machines. Seminole Gaming operates a loyalty member program, known as ‘Seminole Wild Card’; by way of celebrating two Dragon Link jackpots in the space of three weeks, any slot machine player who inserted their loyalty card within 15 minutes of the second jackpot earned $100 in free credits. A total of 624 slot players did so, costing the casino an additional $62,400, but even that amount represented the proverbial ‘drop in the ocean’ when compared with the progressive jackpot payouts.

The Casino de Monte-Carlo is synonymous with James Bond and might very well be the oldest known casino in the world. The architect of the Paris Opera House, Charles Garnier, designed and built the Casino de Monte-Carlo in 1893. It is a global reference for entertainment and gambling as the Belle Époque architecture and exceptional luxury still hold visitors in awe.

Everything at the Casino de Monte Carlo is a unique savoir-faire with attention to detail and sophistication. It is a popular destination for the rich and famous and tourists travel from around the globe to witness its spectacular difference and unrivalled elegance.

It offers an exceptional selection of poker, blackjack, baccarat, Trente et Quarante and French roulette. Even the gaming tables stand out as different as each one is hand-crafted by artisans. The slot machines have its own incredibly decorated gambling room called the Salle des Ameriques.

While it opens its doors to tourists to witness its grandeur, gaming only starts daily from 2 PM and the last entrée is at 12:15 PM. If it is possible to tear yourself away, you can experience the ambience of the Salle Europe lounge bar or the Salon Rose restaurant. Regular Gala evenings at Casino de Monte-Carlos are varied and diverse but in keeping with the subtle extravagance during surreal performances.

Caesars Palace Resort and Casino is located just northwest of Las Vegas Airport and on South Las Vegas Boulevard. This Roman inspired resort casino is one of the oldest casinos as it opened its doors in August 1966. Its signature attractions are the Colosseum at Caesars Palace and the casino. One of the first well-known names in the entertainment industry, Frank Sinatra performed there first in 1967 and was an avid gambler at the casino.

Caesars Palace Casino has a full race and sports book bar where punters and horse bettors watch the action from coast to coast while cheering on. It also features a 4, 500 square feet poker room with 16 poker tables. Other table games in the casino include Pai Gow, mini baccarat, Spanish 21, roulette, craps and blackjack. A massive number of traditional video blackjack, video poker games, video reels and slot machines adorn the lanes.

Caesars Palace is known for raising the bar very high on both entertainment and luxury and a premier destination for events and headliners at the famous Colosseum. It includes upcoming headliners for 2019 like Celine Dion, James Taylor, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Trevor Noah, Enrique Iglesias, Wayne Newton and many more.

Foxwoods Resort Casino is located in the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Reservation and opened in 1986. It has a gaming space of 344,000 square feet and the hotel offers luxury accommodation in its 2,266 rooms. The entire resort covers a large 9,000,000 square feet.

Foxwoods is a popular international destination with nine airports in close proximity. T.F. Green Airport and Bradley International are the two closest under fifty miles away. It is in addition, less than fifty minutes’ drive from Hartford and Providence while Boston is less than two hours’ drive.

The casino has more than 5,500 slot machines and over 250 gambling tables for poker, roulette, craps and blackjack, and accepts instant gift card casino options.

Foxwoods has a massive Race Book with 50-foot digital projection screens. It also has a dedicated casino for mini-baccarat and blackjack called the Rainmaker Stadium that doubles as an online casino within a land-based casino. The technological appeal of this casino is that players interact with their dealers via massive, high definition screens.

In addition to gambling, there are live shows and entertainment, various luxury and speciality shopping and world-class dining. A variety of nightlife options and drinks include the Play Bar, High Rollers Luxury Lanes, Hard Rock café, Live@Atrium Bar and Lounge and Centrale Fox tower.

The MGM Grand is a hotel and casino resort that opened its doors in 1993 and was the world’s largest hotel complex at that time. It is a 30-storey main building with waterfalls, rivers and five outdoor pools that cover 35,000 square feet as well as restaurants, night clubs, shops, Grand Spa, Grand Garden Arena and a 171,500 square metre casino which is the largest in Clark County.

The MGM Grand is just ten minutes’ drive from McCarran International Airport and is located on the Las Vegas Strip. The Grand Garden Arena host world-famous musical performances, while headliners like Cirque du Soleil perform at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Award-winning dining options such as fine-dining Joel Robuchon, classic buffets at MGM Grand Buffet, gastro-pub style dining at Michael Mina, Japanese cuisine at Morimoto Las Vegas and steakhouse classic at Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak.

There is of course, in this modern age bound to be a comparison between online and offline casinos. While there will always be an audience for bricks and mortar casinos, it does have to be said that the competitive nature of online casinos, the impressive bonuses and conveniences, all play a part in making online casinos an equally attractive options as offline options.

The casino houses a diverse number of slots, electronic table games and video pokers, progressive slots and high limit slots with denominations as high as $100 per line bet. The table games selection offers a combination of invigorating luxury with indulgences like roulette, blackjack and baccarat with more than ten table options. Wall-to-wall sports books and dedicated poker rooms where the World Series of Poker plays off are some other casino indulgences.