The Société des casinos du Québec is a subsidiary of

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, a government of Québec corporation. The Société des casinos du Québec oversees all four government-run casinos in the province of Québec: the

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, the

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, the Casino de Mont-Tremblant, and the

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History

In December 1992, the Quebec cabinet approved and authorized the construction of two government-run casinos: one on

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, in Montreal, and the other at Pointe-au-Pic in the Charlevoix region. The creation and management of these government-run casinos was entrusted to

, which subsequently created three subsidiaries: the Société des casinos du Québec Inc., given the responsibility of building the casinos and overseeing their operation, Resto-Casino Inc., which operates the restaurants and bars at the three casinos, and Casiloc Inc., which is in charge of acquiring, building and overseeing casino facilities. The

was inaugurated on October 9, 1993, and is located in the former French Pavilion (''Pavillon de la France'') of the

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. In 1994, the

opened its doors in what was once the Manoir Richelieu's summer playhouse located at Pointe-au-Pic. The

was the first of Québec's casinos to be built from the ground up. It was inaugurated on March 24, 1996. The

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was inaugurated on June 24, 2009. Prior to the opening of the

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casino, Quebec's three other casinos welcomed some 10.5 million visitors each year.

Mandate

The Société des casinos du Québec Inc. is entrusted with the mission of constructing and overseeing the management of Québec's casinos.

Facts and Figures

* Number of jobs directly created: over 6,000 * Number of visits* per year: nearly 11 million * Number of visits to the casinos by visitors from outside the province each year: 2.5 million * Sales for 2005-2006: $758.5 million * Earnings for 2005-2006: nearly $256 million ''*Including all visits (by tourists and non-tourists)'' * In 2005-2006, Québec's casinos generated $758.5 million in gaming revenues, Loto-Québec. 2006. Loto-Québec: Montréal. 22% of which was from clients from outside the province, a clientele that directly generated an additional $66 million in economic spin-offs from other non-gaming sources. * For its part, Resto-Casino posted total earnings of $100.9 million during 2005-2006.

External links

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Official site

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Societe des casinos du Quebec Casinos in Quebec Crown corporations of Quebec Organizations based in Montreal