| In the beginning od 1900’s Berck had five casinos: Casino des Lapins (Casino des Dunes- Cottage des Dunes ) , Le Petit Casino at Terminal block, Le Petit Casino- rue de l´Imperatrice, Kursaal de Berck and Grand Casino Eden, also called Casino de La Plage.
After WWII was open a new Casino . The Casino Municipal opened on 1948. The casino was settled at Avenue de La Gare and move on April 2002 to the old train station at Place du 18 Juin, where it is still today. The casino worked with interruptions in the periods 1948-1961, 1963-1978, 1981, 1984-1986, 1992- until today. On 1991 the Partouche reopened the casino,which was renamed Casino Partouche de Berck.
In 2014, in addition to the ravages of the crisis, he suffered the full force of competition from his counterpart in Casino Fort-Mahon, which reopened in June. To the point that her director had to ask a help to the Mayor that agreed to freeze the rate of levy of the municipality on the profits of the casino for 2015.
Between 2012 and 2013, the gross product of games has dropped by 12% and the net result has collapsed by 43%!
In 2016 it is obvious a recovery of the activity.The gross product of games (slot machines and traditional games) increased by 3.99% (from 5.2 million to 5.5 million). As usual, slot machines make most of the turnover. The traditional games (boule ...) progress by nearly 9% (53 408 € against 49 081 € in the previous.). |
