| The Reef Hotel Casino | |
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| Location | Cairns City, Queensland |
| Owner | Casinos Austria International Limited and Accor Casino Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd. |
| Website | https://www.reefcasino.com.au/ |
The Reef Hotel Casino or Pullman Reef Hotel Casino is the only casino in Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
The hotel has 128 hotel rooms and is jointly owned by Casinos Austria International Limited and Accor Casino Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
The complex features a central LED pillar and interactive floor which is prominent next to BAR36. The bar hosts free live entertainment 5 nights a week and serves food from 4pm-8pm every night. The Reef Hotel Casino also houses the Merchant Artisan Food & Coffee cafe plus four restaurants: Tamarind, Café China Noodle Bar (in the former Cairns Customs House), Cafe China Restaurant and Flinders Bar & Grill.
It also hosts the Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome on the rooftop. The Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome features a number of native Australian species including koalas, sugar gliders, red-legged pademelons, rufous bettongs, saltwater crocodiles, freshwater crocodiles, water monitor, scrub python, eastern short-neck turtle, red-tailed black cockatoos, double-eyed fig parrots, tawny frogmouths, laughing kookaburras and many other species.
History
The Queensland Government called for submissions from interested parties to build and operate a casino in Cairns in January 1992. Casino licence was granted in January 1996. Reef Casino Hotel commenced trading on 31 January.
In 2022, operators of the casino were fined for paying a junket tour operator to bring patrons to the venue.
See also
References
- "Cairns Attractions - The Casino". Retrieved 4 January 2008.
- Reef Casino Trust
- "BAR36 Dining". Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- "Reef Hotel Casino Dining". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- "Cafè China Restaurant". The Reef Hotel Casino. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- "Cairns Wildlife Dome". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "History of Reef Casino Trust". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- Testa, Christopher (7 December 2022). "Cairns Reef Hotel Casino operator fined for unauthorised junket agreement". ABC News. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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