Polish casinos offer full house of gambling
With four casinos, Warsaw has more casinos than any other city in Poland and contains the largest legal gaming establishments, in terms of number of employees, in the country. The Casino at the Marriott Hotel, owned by Casinos Poland Ltd., tops the list, with 217 employees. Casinos Poland Ltd. also owns operations in Poznan, Wroclaw and Krakow.
The Orbis Casino at the Hotel Victoria, with 113 employees, is the second-largest operation on the list. Orbis Casino Ltd. is the largest single operator of casinos in the country. An equal partnership among Orbis SA, the state-owned travel and tourist agency, United Entertainment Companies SA and Finkorp SA, Orbis Casino also owns the casino in the Hotel Grand in Warsaw and operations in six Orbis hotels throughout the country. Orbis Casino cities are Szczecin, Sopot, Katowice, Krakow, Lublin and Zakopane.
Two smaller casino companies also own more than one gaming operation. P.W. Progaz Queens Casino owns the Queens Casino in Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science and the Hotel Crystal in Bialystok. Casino Centrum Sp. z o. o. has two gaming centers in *ode.
Roulette, blackjack and poker are the most popular games of chance, according to the responses to the Warsaw Business Journal's questionnaire. Seventeen of the country's 18 licensed gaming houses feature tables where these three games are played. Slot machines, available at 16 casinos, come in second. Wheel of Fortune is available in four Casinos, while two offer punto-banco. A special variety of poker is offered Casinos Poland's four operations.
Credit cards are accepted at 13 of the casinos on the list. Only seven casinos accept hard currency, but exchange counters are available at five others. On average, casinos stay open for 15 hours; in Warsaw, the casino at Hotel Grand offers slot machine gambling for 21 hours; the Casino at the Marriott Hotel is open for 20 hours. Round-the-clock gaming is available in Gdynia, Wroclaw and Szczecin.
The Orbis Casino at the Hotel Victoria, with 113 employees, is the second-largest operation on the list. Orbis Casino Ltd. is the largest single operator of casinos in the country. An equal partnership among Orbis SA, the state-owned travel and tourist agency, United Entertainment Companies SA and Finkorp SA, Orbis Casino also owns the casino in the Hotel Grand in Warsaw and operations in six Orbis hotels throughout the country. Orbis Casino cities are Szczecin, Sopot, Katowice, Krakow, Lublin and Zakopane.
Two smaller casino companies also own more than one gaming operation. P.W. Progaz Queens Casino owns the Queens Casino in Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science and the Hotel Crystal in Bialystok. Casino Centrum Sp. z o. o. has two gaming centers in *ode.
Roulette, blackjack and poker are the most popular games of chance, according to the responses to the Warsaw Business Journal's questionnaire. Seventeen of the country's 18 licensed gaming houses feature tables where these three games are played. Slot machines, available at 16 casinos, come in second. Wheel of Fortune is available in four Casinos, while two offer punto-banco. A special variety of poker is offered Casinos Poland's four operations.
Credit cards are accepted at 13 of the casinos on the list. Only seven casinos accept hard currency, but exchange counters are available at five others. On average, casinos stay open for 15 hours; in Warsaw, the casino at Hotel Grand offers slot machine gambling for 21 hours; the Casino at the Marriott Hotel is open for 20 hours. Round-the-clock gaming is available in Gdynia, Wroclaw and Szczecin.
