“The citizens of Monaco are forbidden to enter the gaming rooms of the casino. The rule banning all Monegasques from gambling or working at the casino was an initiative of Princess Caroline, the de facto regent of Monaco, who amended the rules on moral grounds. The idea that the casino was intended only for foreigners was even emphasized in the name of the company that was formed to operate the gambling business, the Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers (English: Company of Sea Baths and of the Circle of Foreigners)”. -The Grimaldis of Monaco

There are other places which have similar rules to Monaco: In Majorca, for example, an Englishman can buy a bar and make a book for the English, etcetera but no Spanish can place a bet! That is not the law but it is how it works there for those who know.

I find it odd.

I am sure you do.

https://www.gamblingherald.com/why-do-mo......ambling/

There's certainly a big difference between a benevolent, government owned casino designed to pad the Royal Treasury (and thus even further reduce taxes on the locals) and the profit hungry casinos in the U.S. that are focused on maximizing return for their shareholders, and who will happily take money from anybody still breathing.

In Monaco, here's no need to encourage locals to gamble in order to extract their cash, and there's no possibility therefore, of those locals being enveloped by potential social ills that can accompany gambling.
If you've ever been, you already know that the Casino in Monaco is shoulder to shoulder with tourists the entire time the doors are open, so it's not like they actually need any local customers.

Its the same in Korea... Only tourists can gamble at the casinos however there is one casino where locals are allowed to gamble..

It reminds me of the scene in the Rounders movie, where boys in the casino game stop playing against one another and work together to get the tourist's money.

I think if one sets up a casino in a small place like Monaco and lets the citizens play, it is a mathematical certainty that the casino will end up sending everybody skint and owning the place.

It makes no sense. Imagine this happening in Vegas.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Hi folks. About working at the Casino, it's quite the opposite: just the people resident in Monaco can work there. Until a couple of years ago, was possible to apply for the job, but with zero chance to get it. And been there many time, I've seen many residents play at the tables.

Lele