Tag Archives: Paris
France – Club Berri opens as France’s sixth gaming club
A sixth gaming club opened in Paris on October 15 with Club Berri, located at 11 rue de Berri (8th), close to the Champs-Elysees, opening as an intimate venue. Covering just 300 m2 of floor space, eight tables will be available to players, as well as a bar that will be reminiscent of the legendary…
France – Ardent and Barrière both open Parisian gaming clubs
Two more gaming clubs opened in Paris in mid-September taking the total number of gaming properties now participating in the experimentation phase to five. Belgian group Ardent has opened The Circus Club Paris, on September 9 whilst Lucien Barrière unveiled Club Barrière Paris on September 13. These have joined The Paris Elysees Club, opened by…
France – Club Montmartre opens in Paris
Club Montmartre welcomed the first players to its Parisian venue on August 23 This new facility, the third to open since the beginning of the experimental phase on January 1, 2018, is located in the premises of the former circle Clichy-Montmartre, which was closed last year by administrative decision. It is owned by Frédérique Ruggieri,…
France – Delays hit the opening of Paris’ Imperial Club
The Imperial Club Paris, owned by the Raineau group, which was to be the second Parisian gaming club to open, has been forced to delay its May 6 opening. Due to be the first gaming club in the heart of Chinatown ‘for fans of card games,’ the venue will open within the Masséna shopping center….
France – Socofinance planning to reopen Clichy-Montmartre as a new style gaming club
The former Clichy-Montmartre circle in Paris could be transformed into one of the new style gaming clubs with Socofinance taking control of the establishment and its 175 members of staff. Having sold the Gujan-Mestras casino in Gironde to the Joa Groupe, in February 2018, Frédérique Ruggieri, President of Socofinance, said the goal was to reinvest…
France – Ardent confirms 2019 opening for Circus Club
The Ardent Group has begun the recruitment process for its Circus Club which it hopes to open in Paris in the second quarter of 2019. Sebastien Leclercq, General Manager of Circus Club, which is owned by the Belgian group Ardent will open its Parisian gaming establishment at 37-39 Boulevard Murat, in the 16th arrondissement. Work…
France – The last of Paris’ old style circle clubs is forced to close
The last of the old style gaming circles in Paris has shut with the Circle Clichy-Montmartre being closed down by the central service of racing and games (SCCJ) on September 26. It follows a suspension from the Advisory Committee on Gaming on September 6 and a police raid in July which led to the indictment…
France – Barrière and Raineau get green light for two more Parisian gaming clubs
Two new gaming clubs have been authorised in Paris with The Barrière club and the Centaura joining the Paris Elysées Club and the Circus Club. The Raineau Group’s application for the Centaura and the Barrière Club, received approval from the Advisory Committee on Circle and Casino Games (CCJCC) at its meeting on June 12, followed…
France – Ardent to open the Circus Club in Paris
Belgian casino group Ardent will open the Circus Club in Paris having received a licence from the Minister of the Interior. The Circus Club will be located on Murat Boulevard. The opening date of this second Parisian club has not been decided yet. Circus is the commercial brand of Ardent Group in France which already…
