The Reef Hotel Casino

Casino in Cairns, Australia

The Reef Hotel Casino

Location | Cairns City, Queensland
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 hosts the Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome on the rooftop.[6] The Cairns Zoom & Wildlife Dome features 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

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The Queensland Government called for submissions from interested parties to build and operate a casino in Cairns in January 1992.[7] Casino licence was granted in January 1996. Reef Casino Hotel commenced trading on 31 January.[7]

In 2022, operators of the casino were fined for paying a junket tour operator to bring patrons to the venue.[8]

## See also

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* Queensland portal

* List of casinos
* List of hotels in Australia
* List of zoos in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "Cairns Attractions - The Casino". Retrieved 4 January 2008.
2. ^ Reef Casino Trust
3. ^ "BAR36 Dining". Retrieved 15 December 2021.
4. ^ "Reef Hotel Casino Dining". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
5. ^ "Cafè China Restaurant". The Reef Hotel Casino. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
6. ^ "Cairns Wildlife Dome". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
7. ^ a b "History of Reef Casino Trust". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
8. ^ Testa, Christopher (7 December 2022). "Cairns Reef Hotel Casino operator fined for unauthorised junket agreement". ABC News. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

## External links

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