Where to Play Poker in Monaco: Monte-Carlo Casinos, Buy-ins and House Rules (2026)
Poker in Monaco is played at the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Place du Casino, which runs a dedicated poker room with cash games and tournaments under the SBM group, plus the Café de Paris and private cercles. Players must be 18 or over, carry ID, follow a smart dress code and pay the gaming-room entrance fee. Limits and rake are set by the house.
Updated 2026-11-05 · Monaco
Where to play
- Casino de Monte-Carlo — poker room (Salles Touzet)
- Casino Café de Paris
- Cercle des Étrangers
- Casino Croisette (Cannes, France)
- Casinò di Sanremo (Italy)
In this guide
- Monaco poker in one paragraph
- Casino de Monte-Carlo: the only real poker room in the Principality
- Cash games, limits and rake
- The rules nobody tells you before you arrive
- If the stakes are too high: Cannes and Sanremo
- Playing online from Monaco
- Where the edge actually comes from in a room like this