Casino Crans-Montana

The Casino Crans-Montana occupies a central position on the main street in Crans and serves as the resort's primary evening venue for those who want something beyond a hotel bar. The gaming floor has the standard table games — roulette, blackjack, and poker — along with slot machines. But the casino draws as much for its restaurant and concert programme as for the gambling.

The bar is open to non-gamblers and fills up on winter evenings with a well-dressed crowd. Live music performances and DJs are scheduled throughout the winter season, typically from Thursday to Saturday. Entry to the gaming areas requires a valid passport or national ID card, and the dress code, while not strict, discourages ski gear.

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Crans-Montana's casino has been an anchor of the resort's social life since the early twentieth century, when the combination of Alpine air, wealthy European clientele, and Swiss liberal gaming laws made resort casinos a fixture of the Alps. The current building dates to a mid-century renovation but the institution itself is older — it was already operating in the 1920s when Crans was developing its reputation as a high-end alternative to the more established Bernese Oberland resorts.

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