No full scale casinos for Paris; Gambling clubs without slots considered instead admin, February 17, 2024 The government of France may have ruled out the possibility of building full scale casinos in Paris. However a plan to allow exclusive clubs, like those in London, is moving forward according to local reports citing Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. The local gambling halls or cercles de jeux, of which only two remain, would be replaced by highly regulated gambling clubs. Beginning in 2008 the government began shutting down the cercles as they suspected the venues were being used to launder Corsican mafia moneys. Earlier this year the interior minister directed the country’s gambling commission director, Jean-Pierre Duport to come up with ways to re-establish a gaming industry in Paris for the purpose of revenue generation. Duport’s report was released Frid… Continue Reading