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The Société des casinos du Québec manages two Five Diamond restaurant:
Société des casinos du Québec
Mission
The mission of the Société des casinos du Québec, a public corporation, is to oversee the systematic and effective operation, management and development of the province’s casinos, thereby maintaining their role and recognition as tourist attractions that provide their various clienteles with a unique gaming and entertainment experience through innovation, diverse offerings, and the utmost in courteous customer service.
To fullfill its mission, the Société des casinos du Québec offers world-class lodging, food and beverage services, and superior quality boutiques so as to foresee the needs and satisfy the expectations of its various clienteles in accordance with all the standards of management and ethics governing the industry.
Loto-Québec operates three casinos where access is restricted to individuals aged 18 and over:
Casino de Montréal
The Casino de Montréal offers 115 gaming tables and 3,052 slot machines and 25 electronic poker tables on nine floors, as well as one of the largest Keno games in North America.
The Casino houses four restaurants, including Nuances, one of the finest dining establishments on the continent and recipient of the prestigious Five‑Diamond rating awarded by the CAA/AAA Guide every year since 2000.
The exceptional quality of Nuances’ wine list has also been recognized by Wine Spectator magazine.
In addition, the Casino de Montréal is home to Le Cabaret du Casino, a 500-seat theatre that
presents top-flight variety shows and musical revues.
Casino de Charlevoix
A major contributor to the development of the region’s economy and tourism industry, the Casino de Charlevoix offers more than 20 gaming tables, 850 slot machines, 5 electronic poker tables and a Keno lounge. It is adjacent to the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu.
Quality entertainment offerings at the SCQ’s casinos demand adequate installations. As such, the Casino de Charlevoix and Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu Hotel embarked on a major renovation project that was completed in June 2008 at a cost of $16.3 million. Thanks to this work, the two establishments are now in a position to better meet the expectations of their ever-growing clientele.
The $12.4 million invested in the Casino served to improve its reception infrastructures, expand the show bar and revamp its gaming areas. At the Hotel, the $3.9 million expenditure allowed for the reconfiguration of the Le Bellerive Bistro.
Casino du Lac-Leamy
The Casino du Lac-Leamy has close to 60 gaming tables, more than 1,900 slot machines, 12 electronic poker tables, a Keno lounge and three restaurants, including Le Baccara, also the recipient of the coveted Five-Diamond rating presented by the CAA/AAA Guide every year since 2001. The Casino offers visitors an integrated range of activities and facilities, such as the Hilton Lac-Leamy hotel complex and the 1,000-seat
- Hilton Lac-Leamy
The Casino du Lac-Leamy is situated at the heart of a deluxe 349-room hotel complex operated under the Hilton banner. Housing a conference centre able to accommodate 1,800, a spa, and a theatre, this award-winning hotel has everything needed to satisfy business and tourist clients alike.
Highlights
- With its food and beverage services, the Société des casinos du Québec remained an important customer for a large number of Québec-based companies in the agro-food sector.
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Every year more than 10.7 million visits are made to the casinos, of which more than 2 million are
by out-of-province tourists. -
With approximately 700 shows per year, the Montréal and Lac-Leamy casinos provide
opportunities for hundreds of performers and technical specialists to indulge their creative
passions and practice their professions in Québec. -
Since 2000 and 2001, two of the casino's restaurants were awarded the coveted
CAA/AAA Five Diamond rating: Montréal's Nuances and Lac-Leamy's Le Baccara. - The implementation of electronic Texas Hold’em poker is certainly the key development that marked the past fiscal year at Loto-Québec’s casinos in terms of their commitment to innovation and the diversification of game offerings.
- As part of its commitment to restricting casino access to individuals aged 18 and over, management implemented a number of new measures to reinforce the control of those wishing to enter its establishments. In line with this initiative, each casino now has a surveillance team in place dedicated exclusively to verifying the age of people seeking access, and phantom patrons hired by a specialized firm are used to test the effectiveness of this control measure.
- The Société des casinos du Québec called upon the talents of Québec creators during the past fiscal year to renew its logo, those of its establishments, as well as the visual design of its advertising materials.
Restaurants |
Bars |
Casino de Montréal |
Casino de Montréal |
Casino de Charlevoix |
Casino de Charlevoix |
Casino du Lac-Leamy
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Casino du Lac-Leamy |
Hilton Lac-Leamy |
Hilton Lac-Leamy |
Distinctions
Nuances Restaurant – Casino de Montréal
- One of the very few dining establishments in Québec to have earned the CAA/AAA’s coveted Five Diamond rating, a distinction it has obtained each year since 2000
- Best of Award of Excellence 2006 presented by the prestigious Wine Spectator magazine for the quality of its wine list
Le Baccara Restaurant – Casino du Lac-Leamy
- Recipient of the CAA/AAA’s coveted Five Diamond rating since 2001
- Best of Award of Excellence presented by the prestigious Wine Spectator Magazine for the quality of its wine list since 2004
Hilton Lac-Leamy
- Recipient of the CAA/AAA’s Four Diamond rating for the high quality of its customer service
- Recipient for the fourth time since its opening in 2001 of the Connie Award for Best Overall Performance, ranking it the best among the best of the Hilton chain’s 240 North American hotels in terms of quality and performance
- Recipient of Tourisme Québec’s Five Star classification for the exceptional quality of its accommodations and service
Revenues
- During the 2007-2008 fiscal year, the casinos generated annual sales totalling $790.4 million.
| Annual Sales at March 31, 2008 (in millions of dollars) |
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| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
| Casino de Montréal | 532.6 | 506.4 | 500.8 | 494.3 |
| Casino du Lac-Leamy | 208.8 | 201.9 | 210.1 | 208.4 |
| Casino de Charlevoix | 49.0 | 49.9 | 47.6 | 49.2 |
| Total | 790.4 | 758.2 | 758.5 | 751.9 |
Société des casinos du Québec
- Fact sheet
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