Situated in the very heart of Arcachon, between the seafront, the "Boulevard de la Plage", the Casino is within just two minutes from the railway station. This is a nice white building, which looks like an ancient fairy tale medieval castle. In France the law ruling the casino and gambling place is very strict. Casinos are only located near the sea or close to water resort. The nearest other casinos could be found at 200 km (Biarritz on he South, La Baule on the north). The traditional games played are:
Black Jack: this is a card game in which the player participates actively making decisions and playing against the casino. The aim of the game is to score as near 21 as possible, preferably with two cards, without going over that.
Roulette is a game of chance whose main characteristic in that the players bet against the casino. The aim of the game is to guess on which number of the wheel will the ball thrown by the croupier drop. The cylinder is divided into 37 boxes alternatively black and red and numbered from 1 to 36, plus zero, which is in a green box. Chips (never cash), must be used to bet on the roulette.
The "Boule", also named the roulette of the poor. It looks like to a roulette with less numbers. The scale with a central race shows 4 rows of nine holes numbered from 1 to 9. The rubber "boule" will fall in one of these boxes to specify the wining number. The holes 1,3,6 and 8 are black. The holes 2,4,7 and 9 are red. The hole 5 is yellow. The bets on the even chances allow you to win the same amount in your bet. The bet on a one number straight up are paid at 8 to 1.
Of course you could find the very popular machine in a separated room where no special attire is required.