Casino Blankenberge, Cultural center and casino in Blankenberge, Belgium.

Casino Blankenberge is a leisure and cultural center on the Belgian coast with gaming rooms offering slot machines and table games. The building also features spaces for art exhibitions and cultural performances, along with multiple restaurants including L'Orange with coastal views.

Blankenberge's first kursaal opened in 1859, a neo-Moorish stone building by Auguste Payen for Léon Malécot. A municipal casino designed by Emile Hellemans and Octave Van Rysselberghe was inaugurated on 18 July 1886. After its 1932 demolition, architects L. Stynen, R. Speybrouck and G. Van Sluys built the current functional art-deco casino, which opened in 1934; the Wikipedia article gives 1936 for the present casino. Demolition was again considered in 1975 but rejected.

The casino's name recalls the kursaal, the 19th-century leisure palace that first drew tourists to Blankenberge. Its 1886 inauguration featured a 20-course banquet, a gala concert and fireworks. Today the building remains one of the nine official Belgian casinos, operated by the group around British gambling entrepreneur Rank.

The casino stands on the seafront in Blankenberge, a short walk from the coastal tram line that runs along the Belgian coast. The entrance faces the glass facade with the vertical green CASINO lettering; the gaming rooms are inside the main block, while the taller tower section rises on the right. Opening hours and access rules for the gaming halls change, so confirm them before setting out.

The casino is one of nine official Belgian casinos, alongside those of Spa, Dinant, Namur, Chaudfontaine, Ostend, Middelkerke, Knokke and Brussels. It is operated by the group of the British gambling entrepreneur Rank. The 1934 building was designed by architects L. Stynen, R. Speybrouck and G. Van Sluys.