At the Partouche Casino Club, Avenue de la Grande-Armée, Paris, May 6, 2026. SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP
The Partouche Casino Club, with 8,000 square meters of floor space, a real estate investment of €100 million, and more than 200 hires – 60% of them croupiers (dealers) – is making a grand entrance for its Paris opening on Tuesday, May 12. The first three floors will be dedicated to gaming, with 53 nine-player tables for poker tournaments and 35 tables for so-called "banking games" (where players compete against a dealer) such as punto banco, blackjack, ultimate poker and craps. A fourth floor will later be reserved for VIPs, and the fifth will house the group's new headquarters. The venue, located on Avenue de la Grande-Armée in the 17th arrondissement at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe, is open every day from noon to 6 am, and can accommodate more than 1,000 people.
Despite the name, it is not a casino. Casinos have been banned within a 100-kilometer radius of Paris since 1919, when authorities feared they would fuel over-indebtedness among workers. An exception was made in 1931 for the spa town of Enghien-les-Bains in northwest France, which is now home to France's largest casino.
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