Cassino da Urca
★ 3.9🏛️ Offline🌍 Brazil· Rio de Janeiro· est. 1933
Operator: Historical (closed 1946)🛡 None (closed under 1946 gambling ban)
None (closed under 1946 gambling ban)
About
Cassino da Urca was a historical land-based casino in the Urca district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, housed in a 1922 building that was converted into a casino in 1933 and rose to prominence under businessman Joaquim Rolla. The venue operated under pre-prohibition Brazilian gambling law until casinos were federally banned in 1946 by President Eurico Gaspar Dutra. During its golden era it hosted Carmen Miranda, Josephine Baker, Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, and Orson Welles. After 1946 the building housed TV Tupi studios, then the Istituto Europeo di Design (2013-2021); it is now a heritage site rather than an operating casino.
Pros
- +Long operational history (since 1933)
Cons
- −No licensing information on record
- −Operating company not publicly disclosed
- −No welcome bonus advertised
- −Not yet reviewed independently by players