The anniversary celebrations kicked off Thursday afternoon and Easter weekend activities include a dice-rolling contest with a chance to win $1 million and a bartending “flair show” (think Tom Cruise in the movie Cocktails) on Friday. When the casino opened 20 years ago, there were only 14 other gaming establishments within an 800-kilometre radius. It’s been a real boost for us.”įrom an economic point of view, the past few years have been more challenging, for not only Casino du Lac-Leamy but for the gaming business as a whole.

The overall entertainment offer has gotten a lot better. “We have a lot of activities and initiatives to make sure that when our customers come in they have fun and they can be entertained.

“We have done a lot with the entertainment offerings of our establishment,” said Rivet. For the first three quarters of this fiscal year, the casino has made $180.4 million, up 3.9 per cent compared with the same time period last fiscal year. And the casino’s restaurant, The Baccara, has received a five diamond rating from the AAA/CAA for 16 years in a row.ĭuring the 2014-2015 fiscal year, the last complete year for statistics, it brought in $228.1 million.

In 2011, the casino had its biggest winner when a gambler won $1.8 million on a slot machine. Over the past 20 years, the casino has brought in $4.7 billion in revenue and has seen some great highlights, from events to winners.

This weekend, the casino celebrates its 20 th anniversary and the 60 million visitors that it has had since it opened on March 24, 1996. More than one million visitors come from outside Quebec to visit the Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau every year, some of whom, we can assume, are gambling enthusiasts crossing the bridge from Ottawa. “Then, of course, there’s always the countdown and it’s a great place to be for that moment.” “It was the musical ambience that was special in every area of the casino,” said Marie-Claude Rivet, spokesperson for the casino. “There were DJs, there were bands, there were kabukis and multimedia was a big part of all of it. National Capital Region's Top Employers.

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