Poker finally legalized in Quebec

[lozen]

Great now my equalation payment goes to supporting Quebecers to drink, smoke and play poker while they complain about being part of Canada

[CasqueNoir]

Ship it.

[jjshabado]

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Great now my equalation payment goes to supporting Quebecers to drink, smoke and play poker while they complain about being part of Canada

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Yeah, because casinos don't generate revenue at all...

[Flopz]

The only casino I see having any sort of language issue is the Charlevoix casion near Quebec City. Not too much English around there and not as close to the American and Ontario borders as the ones in Montreal and Gatineau (pretty much a suburb of Ottawa, ON).

In all my visits to the Gatineau casino, they speak French by default, but they accommodate the Anglos very well.

[mephisto]

yup, totally agree with you Flopz about Gatineau. English is incorporated very well in that casino and I forsee no poker language problem there. I would go as far as to say that if ever Quebec separates from Canada, Ottawa will annex Gatineau because it is so inter-connected to Ontario. :P

[Flopz]

The clubs are running again? I just hope the wannabe baller punks who ran some of the joints decide to keep it on the down-low by not setting up websites, mailing lists and messageboard posts to advertise like they did the first time around.

[NoRiverRats]

yah, things have tightened up a fair bit, references are required and things aren't as overt as they were.

[True North]

Bump...

I was talking with one of the pit bosses at Casino du Lac Leamy in Gatineau yesterday. He said they're planning to have 6-8 tables in their room, half electronic and half live dealers. They're looking to have it open sometime in September or October, although he said the electronic tables could be ready by the end of July.

[SmartBugger]

Quebec thinks its different than Canada and should be its own country. Politically, they have actually taken strong steps to make themselves more independent of the Canadian government...... basically they have HUGE insecurities about being canadian =p


I go up there a bit because of my family and most people are nice... but you do get the granny-type that tries to teach you french when you order food (I had this happen twice).


Think of Quebec as the some parts of the deep South..... they know they are part of the USA but they just really don't want to be part of it.

[Ramstone]

You're in North America, learn the language