City Palais, Gaming complex in central Duisburg, Germany
The Merkur Casino Duisburg opened on 23 February 2007 inside the CityPalais entertainment complex, built on the site of the former Mercatorhalle. Its gaming floor holds several hundred slot machines, American roulette tables, poker tables (Texas Hold'em, at times Omaha), blackjack tables and multi-roulette stations.
A provisional slot-machine hall opened in the old post office building in 2002 while the site was debated. It drew 600,000 visitors in under five years and was folded into the new casino opened on 23 February 2007 in the CityPalais, built where the Mercatorhalle had stood. In its first year the casino received 700,000 visitors and 60 million euros in revenue.
The casino opened on 23 February 2007 in the CityPalais, built on the site of the former Mercatorhalle. Its gaming floor holds several hundred slot machines plus American roulette, blackjack, poker (Texas Hold'em, at times Omaha) and multi-roulette tables. From 2007 to 2017 the venue also housed the restaurant "inside".
The casino sits in the CityPalais entertainment complex, built on the site of the former Mercatorhalle in central Duisburg. Gaming is split between a slot area with several hundred machines and a classic area with American roulette, blackjack, poker (Texas Hold'em, at times Omaha) and multi-roulette stations. The restaurant "inside" operated inside the casino from 2007 to 2017 and is no longer part of the venue.
The provisional slot hall opened in the old post office building in 2002, before the casino itself existed; it drew 600,000 visitors in under five years and was folded into the new CityPalais venue in 2007. In 2012, with 500,000 guests, it was the most visited of Germany's 77 casinos.
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