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Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o (Calgary)<br />
4040B Blackfoot Trail SE<br />
Calgary, AB<br />
T2G 4E6<br />
(403) 287-1635<br />
CASINO WEBSITE:<br />
http://www.cashcas<strong>in</strong>o.ca/<br />
SIZE: 50,000-square-feet<br />
TABLE GAMES: 29*<br />
SLOT MACHINES: 650*<br />
POKER ROOM: YES (9)<br />
AMENITIES: Lounge,<br />
restaurant, bar areas.<br />
* <strong>Alberta</strong> Gam<strong>in</strong>g and Liquor<br />
Commission figures as listed <strong>in</strong><br />
Canadian Gam<strong>in</strong>g News, Dec. 2005<br />
/ Jan. 2006.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
Calgary’s Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o is located <strong>in</strong> the City of Calgary on Blackfoot Trail<br />
<strong>in</strong> an area conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a mixture of light <strong>in</strong>dustry, office build<strong>in</strong>gs, and<br />
commercial bus<strong>in</strong>esses. The facility is one of the prov<strong>in</strong>ce’s larger cas<strong>in</strong>os<br />
and appears to have been expanded several times over the years.<br />
HISTORY<br />
The Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o (Calgary) is <strong>Alberta</strong>’s oldest permanent cas<strong>in</strong>o and was<br />
founded at Blackfoot Trail and 40 th Avenue S.E. <strong>in</strong> 1980.<br />
OWNERSHIP & MANAGEMENT<br />
The owners of the privately-held Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o are Ron Desrochers and<br />
David Ng. They also own Red Deer’s Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o. A Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o<br />
(Lethbridge) also operated from approximately 1995 until its closure <strong>in</strong> the<br />
summer of 1999.<br />
RECENT EVENTS<br />
A Smok<strong>in</strong>g Bylaw will make Calgary's public places (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g cas<strong>in</strong>os and<br />
commercial b<strong>in</strong>go halls) smoke-free effective January 1, 2008.<br />
COMPETITION<br />
The Cash Cas<strong>in</strong>o operates <strong>in</strong> competition with five other exist<strong>in</strong>g cas<strong>in</strong>os <strong>in</strong><br />
the City of Calgary. It is located <strong>in</strong> close proximity to the Silver Dollar<br />
Cas<strong>in</strong>o.<br />
The Tsuu T’<strong>in</strong>a First Nation has received approval from the <strong>Alberta</strong><br />
Gam<strong>in</strong>g and Liquor Commission to build a cas<strong>in</strong>o facility on their lands<br />
adjacent to the city’s south-west quadrant. Construction began <strong>in</strong> 2006.<br />
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:<br />
“The Cas<strong>in</strong>o Royals: The ‘Ka-Ch<strong>in</strong>g’ crowd: Cas<strong>in</strong>o owners have staked<br />
millions of dollars on satisfy<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Alberta</strong>ns’ rag<strong>in</strong>g hunger for gambl<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
And the biggest player at the table <strong>in</strong> He<strong>in</strong>z Oldach” Edmonton Journal,<br />
Aug. 27, 2000. p. E7.<br />
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