Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino Casino de Monte-Carlo (French) Casinò di Monte Carlo (Italian)
Front view of Casino de Monte-Carlo
Location	Place du Casino Monte Carlo, Monaco
Opening date	July 1865; 158 years ago (1865-07)
Casino type	Land-based
Owner	Société des Bains de Mer
Coordinates	43°44′22″N 7°25′44″E / 43.73944°N 7.42889°E / 43.73944; 7.42889
Website	casinomontecarlo.com

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 (SBM), a public company in which the government of Monaco and the ruling princely 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. The rule banning all Monegasques from gambling or working at the casino was an initiative of Princess Caroline, the 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, the Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers (English: Company of Sea Baths and of the Circle of Foreigners).^[2]