Lugano is an extremely beautiful city, especially in the eyes of us Americans, also because it reminds us very much the most famous cities in Northern USA that we love so much. A quiet and elegant city, which overlooks a splendid lake.
Refined restaurants and viali splendans frame this city where, when the sun shines, you feel a little on vacation.
In Lugano, in addition to the famous luxury hotels and the luxurious shopping streets, in addition to the extreme sporting and splendid walks, there is the possibility to visit its famous casino. Its origins even date back to the distant 1804 and, incredibly, this casino started us over eighty years to emerge and establish itself as such on Swiss territory.
The building
The building overlooks a Beautiful lake landscape, representing the perfect balance between the elegant environment and the soul of the game house. The project of this casino was entrusted to the architects Bruno Huber, Luca Gazzaniga and Carlo Ceccolini.
These famous designers have developed one new architectural conception, in order to respect the surrounding landscape. The intention of the three was to create a type of building, which was a worthy interpretation of gambling.
The lugano casino originated from the expansion of the ex-theater of the city, a historic building of the nineteenth century. This casino is characterized by a sober and harmonious external facade and a futurist internal design.
This beautiful casino proves to be a modern and sophisticated place, an obligatory stop not only to play gambling, but also to spend an evening of good entertainment.
Lugano, like many European cities, is in the defect when it comes to parking. Precisely for this reason, the casino offers its customers a convenient service of "valet parking"That the car parks you in the parking lots of the casino or in the numerous" car "scattered in the city center.
Over the years this luxurious casino has distinguished himself for his charm And its offer always at the top, in 2002 the era of the "Casino Lugano Sa" began, where the casino became a small mecca for all lovers of Swiss and Northern USA gambling.
What is played at Casino Lugano?
We want to start this paragraph with a due clarification, that is, the one that in recent months the updates and the works carried out inside have been numerous, so the information below could change.
The slots are the undisputed queens of this casino, characterized by a series of dizzying themes and prizes. The average daily winnings are around 300,000 francs, as written at the entrance of the casino.
The masters of the casino are the famous hot air balloons, 4 different types of slots but which have the common jackpots and are the most played ones and those that pay higher jackpot.
To play these slots, we recommend playing minimal to 2 francs at the stroke, less does not make sense, but be careful because either they brush you or pay you a lot, so turn around all and try to put something in each, as soon as you find the slot you pay, kill it, download it. As already recommended, don't fossilize too much time on the same slot.
A total of 360 slot machines, passing from the more traditional slots, or the classic mechanical rollers equipped with a lever that make you make a leap back in time, when the with the machine was much more “vero” As such lovers claim, to the most recent ones.
For all that band of audience that is not particularly inclined to tradition and prefers to it the technology made of enveloping sounds and 3D settings, there is the whole part relating to the most modern conception machines, super technological slots, rich in effects sound and colored lights, here is played a generational clash.
Of conception very similar to the slots are also video poker, in fact also these cannot be missing in any respectable mess, even inside the Casino di Lugano we find them well placed to make a fine show of themselves alongside the very popular slot machines, to alternate Your games.
Together with this type of entertainment, however, there is a report that is having a lot of success in this mess, it is that concerning horses' races, but be careful, we are not talking about real horses, but of a real game that we could define almost as a table, where you will have to bet on the winning horse, before this sort of carousel start the horses that are aligned with the departure, a Something very similar is sometimes seen in the Luna Park. You can find this game at the entrance of the casino, in the first room.
Obviously, the most traditional casino games cannot be missing, inside the structure there are in fact blackjack tables and desktop point, but also by poker and the game of the moment, the very played Ultimate Texas Hold'em, that is rapidly climbing the satisfaction rankings of the world of Gambling.
The dirty
The Casino di Lugano developed on two floors, full of lights, colors and rich in appeal and originality at the same time.
al ground floor We can find slot machines, positioned in a non -smoking area; I am available to the players Ben 239 slot machine combine the horses race. Now we find 3 points of interest: the primo As soon as you enter where there are some slot machines and machines to play horses.
iGame tables (who were previously on the first floor with some slot machines, in addition to the bar, now they are at second floor with also a bar. It is therefore possible to find beyond nineteen game tables, that is to say blackjack, Roulette Francese, American Roulette, Texas Hold'em.
Il first floor it is in itself (as before), thanks to a special window, equipped with sliding doors, which perfectly adapts to the regulations on the smoking in force; The smoking area is therefore separated from the rest, let's not forget that this area offers others 177 slot machine magic automatic roulette.
In the non -smoking area there are tables from Texas Hold'EmeThree Card Poker, while in the smoking area we find the Bank point And the French roulette.
The dominant colors in the various floors of the casino are respectively, red, green and black. All presented with aelegance time united with a lights game, tone on tone, which creates a thousand shadows and shades on the walls.
The casino tournaments
The lugano casino, also organizes Slot Machine and Poker tournaments, which take place periodically in the room at level 0 as regards the slots, while weekly in the room at 2 for what concerns poker and in which all the most loyal customers of the gambling house are invited to participate.
The slot machines tournaments can be very varied, the only thing that does not change is the registration that always remains free and the level of the prizes that is generally quite high, last November for example a prize pool of 10,000 francs for the third time, which participated over 200 players.
For lovers of music and fun, we report the presence of a beautiful bar, the "Lounge", located in front of the casino entrance. And a disco, the NIX CLUB, open all weekends with the most high level evenings.
The restaurant of the Casino di Lugano
Before there were two restaurants inside the Lugano casino, which are actually the same restaurant but located in two different locations. The first, less Vip and cheaper is located on the second floor and enters directly from the game rooms. The proposed menu is usually a fixed price menu with standard courses, the tables are located on an outdoor balcony or winter veranda that looks on the street next to the casino.
The VIP restaurant was instead on the top floor taking the lift next to the entrance of the casino and the entry of the lounge bar. A welcoming, luxury location with large outdoor terrace with fantastic lake view towards the Melide bridge and the competitor Casino di Campione (in the evening the view is spectacular).
Il "Restaurant Elements" it is open every evening until one in the morning and proposes a series of very interesting menus, in addition to the possibility of dinner “À la carte” In its 50 seats, it is also able to receive menu reservations for banquets, aperitifs or private events of all kinds.
Activate your Lugano Class
It is certainly not a novelty that the mess of the whole world tend to retain their customers with systems of Special cards that offer different types of advantages, however, the Casino di Lugano has the merit of having been one of the first to have thought of a system to speed up access to its structure through a simple and comfortable electronic card: Lugano Class.
Subscribing is very simple, it can be done at the entrance of the casino, infopoint, every day between 16:00 and 1:00, or via the Casino portal and collect Lugano Class on site. This card will entitle you to many advantages including entry without the need to show the document and free wardrobe. It also includes an accumulation program that can then be spent in the casino.
Services of the Casino di Lugano
Parking
If you go to Lugano in machine We recommend that you Park in the internal parking lot, arrive in the car in front of the casino and leave the CN machine inside the key to the Valet, he will park it where more appropriate, giving you a ticket to return to take the car.
Parking is free for casino customers, but be careful don't go around the center because the casino could take measures against you.
Payments
As for the aspect of payments, at the Casino di Lugano it is possible to play both in $ and in Swiss francs.
Internet gratis
Increasingly requested service is that of Free Wi-Fi, present in each area of the structure with always stable and safe signal thanks to the levels of protection of the internal lines.
How to reach the Lugano casino
The Casino di Lugano It is located just fifteen minutes from Lugano Agno airport And it is located in the city center, on the long lake. Alternatively 1 hour by car from Milan.It is possible to reach Lugano by any means of transport, railroad, airport (Lugano-Airport), Auto (AA).
Lugano is located in a particularly strategic geographical position, this element allows you to reach the city both by overcoming several Alpine steps: the Novena, the Lucomagno, the S. Gottardo, the San Bernardino, the Spluga and the Maloia.
Coming from Milan: A9 of the Laghi motorway, Como-San Gottardo direction or A8 motorway, Varese-Stabio direction (Gaggiolo). Exit: Lugano Sud.
Coming from Zurich: A2 motorway, management of San Gottardo-Chiasso-USA. Exit: Lugano Nord.
Via train: the Lugano railway station (along the Milan, Chiasso, Zurich line), offers quick and constant connections to all the places in Northern USA through the Milan station which is about 50 minutes.
The Lugano casino also has a restaurant, "the pearl of the lake". During the summer, visitors can have dinner outside, on a beautiful panoramic terrace. A coffee and a lounge bar complete everything, making this casino the best place to spend your time. The Lugano casino represents a fascinating and fun experience, a few kilometers from Milan and with the typically Swiss elegance and organization.
GENERAL INFORMATIONS
Opening: Il Casino di Lugano and the "Elected" Restaurant They are open every day of the year.
Entrance: reserved for the age of 18 with an identity document.
Timetables: casino ; Sunday / Thursday: 12:00 - 04:00 - Friday / Saturday: 12:00 - 05:00. Ristorante; / Thursday: 19:00 - 23:00 - Friday / Saturday: 19:00 - 24:00.
Dress code: Despite being a structure of a certain level, the Casino di Lugano is somewhat permissive towards clothing. Casual style is allowed, but suits, hats and tank tops of any kind remain, can also be entered with short pants as long as they are at least decent.
Casino Lugano Sa
Via Stauffacher 1,
6901 Lugano
Tel +41 91 973 7111
Fax +41 91 973 7112
29/6/2015
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Angelo
28/6/2015
hi can you tell me if they need staff with experience in casino? Can I give the curriculum personally? I am Argentine, single, and available at any time. I have more than 10 years of experience and I also worked on cruises. I speak Spanish, American, and English flutely. It will be a pleasure to work for you. Thanks in advance.