Partouche Opens €100m Paris Casino Club, Targets €30m Annual GGR
Groupe Partouche opened Partouche Casino Club in Paris on May 12, 2026, after a €100 million investment that turned 8,500 square metres across seven floors near the Arc de Triomphe into the French capital’s largest gaming property. The club aims to generate more than €30 million in annual gross gaming revenue.
The property holds roughly 100 tables, including 80 dedicated to poker, plus 8 Blackjack tables, 6 Ultimate Poker tables, 4 Punto Banco tables, 2 Stud Poker tables, 2 Three Card Poker tables and 1 Craps table. Around 5,000 sqm of the building is used exclusively for gaming. The club can host more than 1,000 guests at one time and employs 250 staff, with croupiers at approximately 60% of new hires.
Poker at the Core
Poker takes the dominant share of the floor plan, with 53 tournament poker tables, each with seating for 9 players, alongside cash game areas for Texas Hold’em and Omaha. Partouche partnered with Texapoker Events to develop the tournament calendar. The Unibet Open Paris runs May 16-25, led by a Main Event with a €1,100 buy-in. A WSOP Circuit stop is scheduled for September.
The property replaces Partouche’s former Paris location on Rue de Berri. According to the operator, it is currently the only gaming club in Paris to offer Craps.
Maurice Schulmann, Chief Officer of Transformation, Technology, Data & AI at Groupe Partouche, described the speed of the build: “Eighteen months ago, this was 8,000 m² of raw concrete, not a table, not a chair, not a light. Today, it is a place like no other in Europe.”
Patrick Partouche, Chairman of the group’s supervisory board, placed the opening in a longer frame: “This is a project that has taken 50 years, plus two and a half, to come to fruition. It is the culmination of a family’s work and a passion.”
The Regulatory Context
French law has prohibited traditional casinos within a 100-kilometre radius of Paris since 1919, with a single exemption granted to Enghien-les-Bains in 1931. A 2017 legislative change introduced a pilot framework that permits slot-free gaming clubs to operate in Paris. Partouche Casino Club operates under that licence category.
The fourth floor, designated for VIP lounges and private areas, is expected to open later in 2026. The fifth floor will serve as Groupe Partouche’s new Paris headquarters.
TGJ Take
A €30M GGR target from a table-games-only property in a market that bans slots is a meaningful data point for the industry. If Partouche hits that number, it would strengthen the case that live poker and table gaming can support a flagship property commercially, without a single slot machine. That matters for operators assessing the 2017 pilot framework and for suppliers whose revenue models depend on electronic gaming. The WSOP Circuit booking in September also shows that Partouche wants this property to serve as an international tournament destination, not just a local club.
