A casino, also known as a gaming house or gambling hall, is a place where people play a variety of games of chance for money. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shops, cruise ships and other tourist attractions. They are also sometimes used as a social gathering place.
While Las Vegas has linked its fortune with gambling ever since the first casino opened in 1906, today’s glitziest hotel-casinos offer more than black jack and roulette. With all-you-can-eat buffets, floor shows and plush accommodations, many casinos push as much for family entertainment as they do for the thrill of rolling the dice.
There is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of watching that little white ball spin around and around and around a red circle on a roulette wheel, or the joy of seeing your poker face flush at a table full of elated and hopeful players. The top ten casinos of the world offer those moments and more, in temples of temptation where fortune is flipped at every turn.
From China’s opulent Venetian to America’s mammoth Foxwoods, here are some of the world’s most decadent places to roll your chips.
