The Reef Hotel Casino
| The Reef Hotel Casino | |
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Interactive map of The Reef Hotel Casino | |
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| 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[1] and is jointly owned by Casinos Austria International Limited and Accor Casino Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4][5]
It also hosted the Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome on the rooftop,[6] until it was closed in October 2023.[7] The Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome featured 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.[8] Casino licence was granted in January 1996. Reef Casino Hotel commenced trading on 31 January.[8]
In 2022, operators of the casino were fined for paying a junket tour operator to bring patrons to the venue.[9]
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.
- ↑ "Delicate operation in Cairns as crocodile dangles high over city streets". 7NEWS. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
- 1 2 "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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