10 craziest places for casinos
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This week, we're testing the limits of human endurance and seeking planning permission for the world's ultimate casinos.
Steve Wynn, Sheldon Adelson and Stanley Ho are considering building a casino in the wildest places.
Vostok Station is located 1,300 km from the South Pole. It has the lowest ever recorded temperature on earth: -89.2°C degrees. Vostoks Station was built by the Russians in 1957.
The Vostok Station is a good option for a potential casino investor. It benefits from a captive audience, a polar night that lasts for 130 days and a lack of other distractions.
Online slots Penguin Vacation and Ice Run are the perfect fit for this chilled out location.
The Death Valley National Park is a popular day trip for weary gamblers. On July 10, 1913, an air temperature of 56.7°C was recorded at Death valley. At ground level, it's almost hot enough to boil water. Las Vegas is the most iconic gaming destination on the planet.
The Verdict: Give it time and Death Valley could be a suburb of Las Vegas.
There's no better place than Las Vegas for a game of craps.
Atacama Desert, Chile is the driest place on earth, with less than 1mm of rain each year. The desert is located between the Andes and the Chilean Coast Range.
Atacama is a great place to develop casinos.
Scratch cards are the perfect choice for this arid location.
Mawsynram, India is the wettest place in the world. The monsoon rains make it a tourist attraction. It's possible that the infrastructure of the village will make building a casino tricky.
The Verdict: It's not going to be easy and the novelty of a torrential downpour will wear thin.
Playing cards and water don't mix well with each other.
Everest is too high for a casino. It takes 40 days to reach the summit. The high altitude would make the high rollers dizzy. It costs between $28,000 and $85,00 to gamble at the 29,028 ft peak.
It's the highest spot on the planet.
Game Choices: This is the top of the game and jackpots need to be mountain sized. It's time to roll out the progressive jackpot slots.
The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean at 36,070 ft deep. Only three men have ever made it to the bottom. Commuting to work would take hours and depressurization would be days.
The ocean floor offers a unique one-off experience but it's limited appeal.
This is the land of the whale and whales love to play baccarat.
The Krubera Cave is the deepest cave on earth. It is located in the Arabika Massif next to the Black Sea in Abkhazia. The cave is a nightmarish network of pitches, cascades, and pits.
A subterranean casino would be a spectacular location for the adventurous gambler.
The poker room will be star turn at this casino.
Macau is the most densely populated location on planet earth. The former Portuguese colony has 33 casinos catering to an influx of Chinese tourists. Macau's GDP has jumped from $7 billion in 2002 to $55 billion in 2014.
Macau has been a gambling destination for hundreds of years.
Baccarat is the most popular game in Macau. It has a low house edge (less than 1%).
It's been 19 years since Concorde was retired from service. The plane still holds the record for the highest commercial flight at 60,000 feet and the fastest Atlantic crossing by a civil aircraft.
Passengers on this flight used to be offered Cuban cigars.
Caribbean Stud is the perfect choice for the Concorde casino.
There will be people living on the moon. NASA has no plans to return to the Moon but the Chinese are interested and a lunar base could have commercial backers.
The Moon would be the ultimate getaway destination. Once upon a time, flying was a luxury only the rich could afford.
Game Choices: It has to be blackjack.
