Please don't waste your time or money here. Where to begin? After paying a mandatory 50 euro entrance fee ( minus 20 euros for play and a bottom rail only drink coupon) to staff who looked annoyed that you were there, prepare to be treated to a handful of tables and some video slot machines. Or relax in their near empty bar or lavishly decorated smoking room. So why did we go? A colleague recommended going saying it was like a James Bond movie...I would liken it to a scuzzy Freemont St casino in Las Vegas. Venice is an amazing city and not to be missed, so please don't waste a precious moment here. If you do go, don't worry about their website's dress code. I fell for it, traversing their sporting pants, a long sleeved shirt, and shoes (in July) and yet I saw the few sad, lonely, disappointed looking patrons wearing sandals, t-shirts and jeans (and not all at once). Having said that, the staff (I believe there were more than visitors) were impeccably dressed, though at 50 euros a pop, I guess they can afford it. I would have shared photos, but cameras aren't allowed. I can understand why...

Unless you are a hardened gambler or just want to say you gambled at the birthplace of the casIno; the main other reason to come here is for classical music lovers. The building was the location where the great opera composer, Richard Wagner died in 1883. There are plaques comemorating this on both the canal and street side of the building. In addition there is a small museum dedicated to Wagner memorabilia. You need to arrange a visit before arriving.

Almost let the reviews put me and my partner off as we are a young British couple on our first city break. We were dressed relatively smart, jacket and wearing black jeans and had no issue. Payed 10 euros to get in and got a free drink and 10 euros to play on the slots or the tables! Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, just gambling low stakes and just having fun. I’d recommend!