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Slot games are incredibly popular at the moment and one of the main reasons as to why this is, is down to the fact that there is an incredible amount of choice when it comes to games, themes, layouts and even sizes of jackpots. This slot game featured has a very classy theme that takes players to the Monaco capital of Monte Carlo, where the most elegant of French culture comes to the reels of this old school mobile casino game.
With fancy graphics and well animated features, Monte Carlo is a lovely slot game that really stands out due to it’s rather original theme. A game exclusively for mobile players, this one is finely tuned to the growing market of smartphone slot game spinners out there that is thriving in today’s slot game industry. With a wealthy lifestyle as the theme and perhaps the inspiration for spinning this slot, there are many reasons to play Monte Carlo.
Jul 19, 2020.The Casino de Monte-Carlo has announced it will be reopening its doors to the public for guided tours from August 3rd. How can I play at the casino? Photo ID is required to enter the casino, and all visitors must be over the age of 18. The cost is €17 (or €14 if attending as a member of a group of more than 10). Its series of 'Gaming Rooms' are marvellously decorated with stained glass windows, sculptures, and allegorical paintings. The Casino de Monte-Carlo is open to players from 2 pm until the last table closes. Restricted access – over 18’s only Proof of identity required.
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About Monte Carlo Slot
As we already mentioned in our opening section, Monte Carlo is a slot game set in the very city of Monte Carlo, which is famously set in the French micro-state that is Monaco. The tax haven is a luxurious place that we associate with jewellery, Formula One racing and the finer things in life, and these are things that are present within this interestingly themed online slot game. This title is not like many others out there in the fact that it has been made by developers as a game exclusive to mobile gamblers. This means that in order to play Monte Carlo, you must download the game from your App Store of choice and play it off your phone’s memory, so there is no need to navigate your browser to play this game.
The game flows brilliantly and with the theme at hand, comes a slightly classical, even a little bit retro feel, with neon lights glimmering on the luxurious items that occupy the reels. The game has a really simple layout and gameplay style too which only adds to the retro charm of Monte Carlo. There are just 5 reels and 9 pay lines to work with, meaning that eve those who are not extremely experienced in online slot games should be able to quickly get a good grasp of the what is going on in Monte Carlo.
mFortune – Developers of Monte Carlo Video Slot
The online slot game scene is absolutely thriving at the moment and this is largely thanks to the rise of online mobile gambling as a whole. But who is to thank for the competitive and high quality nature of the industry right now? Well, they are often seen as the unsung heroes of the online gambling and online gaming world, but the developers always get some of the spotlight then it comes to our slot game reviews and descriptions. This is because the developers are crucial to what happens before you on the reels as it is they who design the games and decide what themes and features to include.
mFortune are the developers of Monte Carlo and they have done a fine job and creating a cohesive slot game with a really enjoyable theme. In truth though, mFortune are not the most well known developer of online slot games and this is particularly evident when you compare their workload and catalogue of slots to one of the more well known brands like Microgaming or Yggdrasil. Whilst they do not have anywhere near as many titles in their repertoire, they do have a knack for perfecting the online slot game for mobile users and they more than prove this to be true here in Monte Carlo.
Slick graphics and a very user friendly interface are two things you can guarantee from a mFortune slot game and these are certainly attributes that are present here. Furthermore, available to download from app stores for whatever brand your phone may be, there is a stronger connection it feels with user and game when they have it stored on their phone for good. This is something that mFortune manage to achieve with their approach to online slot game development.
Playing Monte Carlo Casino Games
Monte Carlo is a beautiful place and therefore, quite fittingly, the slot game that bears the same name is a beautiful one to play. It is very simple to pick up as well as aforementioned, largely due to the 5 reel and 9 pay line set-up that creates a familiar yet very playable and interesting layout for slot game players new and old.
The animations in the game are quite slick but, there is a retro charm as well so it can appear quite basic animation at times. We feel as if this is intentional though as the neon fonts and other time indicators seem to suggest that mFortune were going for a vintage charm with this online slot game. Oh, and of course Formula One had to be involved with this part of the world so famous for it’s race track. But more on that below.
Monte Carlo Slot Bonus Features and Bonus Spins
The bonus features in this game are limited to just the one offering. However, the bonus in Monte Carlo is one that we really like and although hard to trigger, once you land this bonus game, you are likely to enjoy the thrilling action that it provides.
The bonus in question is a extra spins round but not your average one. There is a Formula One mini game that opens up for your extra spins and cars chase each other round a small track that leads the narratives of your extra spins. You can only get up to nine extra spins at a time, but they can lead to some nice multipliers thanks to this high speed feature.
Verdict on Monte Carlo Slot Game
The gameplay of Monte Carlo is very simple but it is also very charming. Better still, the use of the bonus feature really makes for an original play. If you enjoyed this slot, why not also check Jungle Spirit Call of the Wild slot too?
| Casino de Monte-Carlo | |
|---|---|
Casino de Monte-Carlo in the Principality of Monaco | |
| Location | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| Opening date | 1863; 158 years ago |
| Signature attractions | Opéra de Monte-Carlo |
| Casino type | Land-Based |
| Coordinates | 43°44′22″N7°25′44″E / 43.73944°N 7.42889°ECoordinates: 43°44′22″N7°25′44″E / 43.73944°N 7.42889°E |
| Website | www.montecarlosbm.com/en/casino-monaco/casino-monte-carlo |
The Monte Carlo Casino, officially named Casino de Monte-Carlo, is a gambling and entertainment complex located in Monaco. It includes a casino, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and the office of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.[1]
The Casino de Monte-Carlo is owned and operated by the Société des bains de mer de Monaco, a public company in which the Monaco government and the ruling royal family have a majority interest. The company also owns the principal hotels, sports clubs, foodservice establishments, and nightclubs throughout the Principality.
The citizens of Monaco are forbidden to enter the gaming rooms of the casino.[2]
History[edit]
The idea of opening a gamblingcasino in Monaco belongs to Princess Caroline,[3] a shrewd, business-minded spouse of Prince Florestan. Revenues from the proposed venture were supposed to save the House of Grimaldi from bankruptcy. The ruling family's persistent financial problems became especially acute after the loss of tax revenue from two breakaway towns, Menton and Roquebrune, which declared independence from Monaco in 1848 and refused to pay taxes on olive oil and fruit imposed by the Grimaldis.
In 1854, Charles, Florestan's son and future Prince of Monaco, recruited a team of Frenchmen—writer Albert Aubert and businessman Napoleon Langlois—to devise a development plan and write a prospectus to attract 4 million francs needed to build a spa for the treatment of various diseases, a gambling casino modeled from the Bad Homburg casino, and English-styled villas. Granted the concession of 30 years to operate a bathing establishment and gaming tables, Aubert and Langlois opened the first casino at 14 December 1856 in Villa Bellevu. Intended to be only a temporary location, the building was a modest mansion in La Condamine.
In the late 1850s, Monaco was an unlikely place for a resort to succeed. The lack of roads needed to connect Monaco to Nice and the rest of Europe, and the absence of comfortable accommodations for visitors, as well as the concessionaires' failure to publicize the new resort, resulted in far fewer customers than was originally anticipated. Unable to raise the capital needed to operate the money-losing enterprise, Aubert and Langlois ceded their rights to Frossard de Lilbonne, who in turn passed it to Pierre Auguste Daval in 1857.[4]
During this initial period, the casino had been moved several times, until it finally ended up in the area called Les Spelugues (English: The Caves). Construction at this site began on 13 May 1858 to designs of the Parisian architect Gobineau de la Bretonnerie[5] and was completed in 1863. Gobineau de la Bretonnerie also designed the neighboring Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo (constructed in 1862).[6]
Although the casino began to make a profit in 1859, Daval was not up to the task. Just like his predecessors, he was incompetent and lacked the ability to bring the gambling enterprise to the scale envisioned by Princess Caroline.[7] Frustrated, she dispatched her private secretary M. Eyneaud to Germany, hoping to recruit François Blanc, a French entrepreneur and operator of the Bad Homburg casino. Blanc declined the offer. It took a lot of time and persuasion on the part of Princess Caroline to convince the Blancs to move to Monaco. Princess Caroline even appealed to Madame Blanc, whom she befriended during her first visit to Bad Homburg, with a suggestion that Monaco's mild climate would be good for Madame Blanc's ill health.
Finally, in 1863 François Blanc agreed to take over Monaco's casino business. To manage the new venture, a company—the Societe des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers—was formed with capital of 15 million francs. Among the prominent investors were Charles-Bonaventure-François Theuret, Bishop of Monaco, and Cardinal Pecci, the future Pope Leo XIII. Blanc became the single majority stockholder in the company and received a 50-year concession, which would last until 1913. Blanc used his connections to quickly raise the required capital, and began the massive construction. On Blanc's insistence, the Spelugues area where the gambling complex was located was renamed to make it sound more attractive to casino visitors. A few suggestions were considered, and the name Monte Carlo was chosen in Prince Charles' honor.
In 1878–79, the casino building was transformed and expanded to designs of Jules Dutrou (1819–1885) and Charles Garnier, the architect who had designed the Paris opera house now known as the Palais Garnier. François Blanc knew Garnier because Blanc had provided a loan of at least 4.9 million gold francs to the cash-strapped government of the French Third Republic, so that the opera house, which had been started in 1861, could be completed. It had finally opened in 1875. The alterations to the Casino de Monte Carlo included the addition of a concert hall (designed by Garnier and later named the Salle Garnier), located on the side of the casino facing the sea, and the redesign and expansion of the gaming rooms and public spaces, mostly carried out by Dutrou on the side of the casino facing the Place du Casino, where the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo and the were also located.[8]
In 1880–81, the casino was expanded again, to the east of Dutrou's Moorish Room, by the addition of the Trente-et-Quarante Gaming Room, also designed by Garnier. Subsequent additions and expansions, and the remodeling of the Trente-et-Quarante Gaming Room into the Salle des Américains, have mostly obliterated Garnier's contributions to this part of the casino, except for some ceiling decorations.[9] In 1898–99, the Salle Garnier was remodeled by architect Henri Schmit, primarily in the stage area, so that it would be more suitable for opera and ballet performances. However, much of Garnier's original facade and the interior design of the auditorium itself remain intact.[8] Despite all of the later additions and modifications, the casino still has a distinctly Beaux Arts style.
In 1921, the first Women’s Olympiad was held at the casino gardens.
Until recently, the Casino de Monte-Carlo has been the primary source of income for the House of Grimaldi and the Monaco economy.
Casino facilities[edit]
The casino has facilities to play a variety of games which include:
- Different kinds of roulette
1913 Gambler's fallacy[edit]
The most famous example of the gambler's fallacy occurred in a game of roulette at the Casino de Monte-Carlo in the summer of 1913, when the ball fell in black 26 times in a row. This was an extremely uncommon occurrence, although no more nor less common than any of the other 67,108,863 sequences of 26 red or black. Gamblers lost millions of francs betting against black, reasoning incorrectly that the streak was causing an 'imbalance' in the randomness of the wheel, and that it had to be followed by a long streak of red.[10]
Breaking the bank[edit]
Casino Monte Carlo Dress Code
- In 1873, Joseph Jagger gained the casino great publicity by 'breaking the bank at Monte Carlo' by discovering and capitalizing on a bias in one of the casino's roulette wheels. Technically, the bank in this sense was the money kept on the table by the croupier. According to an article in The Times in the late 19th century, it was thus possible to 'break the bank' several times. The 1892 song 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo', made famous by Charles Coborn, was probably inspired by the exploits of Charles Wells, who 'broke the bank' on many occasions on the first two of his three trips.
- According to the book Busting Vegas by Ben Mezrich, a team of blackjack players recruited from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by team-leader Victor Cassius and Semyon Dukach attempted to break the bank at Monte Carlo with the assistance of a team-play-based system. The book describes how the management of Monte Carlo responded to the success of the team. According to Semyon the account in Busting Vegas is accurate aside from the fact that the team was made up of himself, Andy Bloch and another player he refers to as 'Katie'.[11]
In popular culture[edit]
- James Bond, a fictional British spy, is often associated with the Casino de Monte-Carlo.
- Monaco and its casino were the locations for a number of James Bond movies, including Never Say Never Again and GoldenEye, as well as for the 'Casino Royale' episode of the CBS's Climax!television show.
- The casino served as a filming location for the 2004 film Ocean's Twelve.[12]
- The casino makes an appearance in Condorman, The Castle of Cagliostro and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.
Other mentions[edit]
- The Monte Carlo method, a computational approach which relies on repeated random sampling to solve difficult numerical problems, was named after the Casino de Monte-Carlo by physicist Nicholas Metropolis.[13]
Gallery[edit]
The Casino de Monte-Carlo main entrance
View of the casino illuminated at dusk
The main hall
Roulette tables
The gardens behind the casino with the Salle Garnier in the background
South balcony
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Notes
- ^'Le Casino de Monte-Carlo joue la carte de l'ouverture'. nicematin.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
- ^The rule banning all Monegasques from gambling or working at the casino was an initiative of Princess Caroline, de facto regent of Monaco, who amended the rules on moral grounds. The idea that the casino was intended only for foreigners was even emphasized in the name of the company that was formed to operate the gambling business, Societe des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers (English: Company of Sea Bathing and of the Circles from Abroad). Source: Edwards, Anne (1992). The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Centuries of Scandal—The Years of Grace. William Morrow. ISBN978-0-688-08837-8..
- ^Edwards, Anne (1992). The Grimaldis of Monaco: The Centuries of Scandal - The Years of Grace. William Morrow. ISBN978-0-688-08837-8..
- ^'Chronology of Gambling (1852-1900)'. gamblinghistory.info.
- ^Folli & Merello 2004, pp. 112, 114.
- ^Denby p. 92.
- ^Sharma, K.K. (1999). Tourism and Culture. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons. ISBN81-7625-056-2.
- ^ abFolli & Merello 2004, pp. 116–117, 136; Bouvier 2004, pp. 190–192.
- ^Folli & Merello 2004, pp. 132–133.
- ^Lehrer, Jonah (2009). How We Decide. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 66.
- ^'ThePOGG Interviews - Semyon Dukach - MIT Card Counting Team Captain'. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^'OCEANS 12 - Production notes - About the production'. CinemaReview.com. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ^Metropolis 1987.
Sources
Monte Carlo Las Vegas Closing
- Bonillo, Jean-Lucien, et al. (2004). Charles Garnier and Gustave Eiffel on the French and Italian Rivieras: The Dream of Reason (in English and French). Marseilles: Editions Imbernon. ISBN9782951639614.
- Bouvier, Béatrice (2004). 'Inventaires' in Bonillo et al. 2004, pp. 186–205.
- Folli, Andrea; Merello, Gisella (2004). 'The Splendour of the Garnier Rooms at the Monte Carlo Casino' in Bonillo et al. 2004, pp. 112–137.
- Denby, Elaine (2004). Grand Hotels: Reality and Illusion. London: Reaktion Books. ISBN9781861891211.
- Metropolis, N. (1987). 'The beginning of the Monte Carlo method'(PDF). Los Alamos Science (1987 Special Issue dedicated to Stanislaw Ulam): 125–130.
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