Casino de Charlevoix sits at 183, rue Richelieu in La Malbaie, Québec, attached to the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu and its 405 guestrooms. The gaming floor opened on June 24, 1994 and is one of six properties run by Loto-Québec, the provincial crown corporation, through its subsidiary Société des casinos du Québec. Regulation falls to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux.
The drive is 150 km east of Québec City, roughly 90 minutes from Jean-Lesage International Airport. The seasonal Aéroport de Charlevoix in Saint-Irénée lies 8.1 km south-southwest of La Malbaie and operates from May to November depending on snow cover.
This article covers one thing: the game inventory. Counts published by Loto-Québec differ sharply from older third-party figures, so the numbers below follow the operator's current visitor information rather than archived infoboxes that still list 800 machines and 20 tables.
What is actually on the gaming floor
The operator's own count is more than 700 slot machines, nine gaming tables, plus electronic gaming devices and sports betting kiosks. Visitors describe the room as spread over three levels, compact by comparison with the Casino de Montréal.
Category | Published figure |
Slot machines | more than 700 |
Gaming tables | 9 |
Electronic gaming devices | present, count not published |
Sports betting kiosks | present, count not published |
Live poker tables | not published as a separate figure |
Two caveats matter. The casino does not publish a current gaming floor area, and older square-footage claims in the range of 69,940 to 87,000 conflict with one another and have no official confirmation. Nor does it publish a machine-by-machine breakdown by denomination.
Slots and the machines named in jackpot reports
The slot bank is the bulk of the floor, and the titles that surface publicly do so through jackpot notices on the property's Loto-Québec page. Two named examples: a player who took $28,517 on Jewel of the Dragon, and another who took $26,857 on Thunder Drum. The same page has reported monthly totals, including $9.2 million paid to nearly 530 winners in a single month.
Machine variety is a recurring complaint in reviews, with one visitor writing that "they need a greater assortment of slot machines" and noting that the newer units were all occupied. That is a crowding observation rather than a count, and the operator does not publish how often the lineup rotates.
An independent review site documents what operates under the brand name Charlevoix online, which is useful mainly because the property itself has no real-money platform under its own name.
Blackjack, roulette and the nine tables
Nine is the full table count, and Loto-Québec does not break it down by game, so the split between blackjack, roulette and carnival games is not something the operator states publicly. Reviews from the floor mention blackjack dealers who "often lend advice" to casual players, which suggests the game is in the rotation, while at least one critical review disputed the presence of conventional blackjack, roulette and craps tables at the time of that visit.
Table minimums and maximums are not published. What the official page does flag is a low-minimum-bet zone described as a Membership Perk, tied to the loyalty card rather than to a specific game. Members at the top Prestige Plus tier get access to high-limit rooms.
Poker: tournaments on electronic tables
There is no advertised live poker room with a fixed table count. Instead, the official page references daily Texas Hold'em tournaments played on electronic gaming tables. Province-wide, Loto-Québec groups its poker products under the OK POKER brand, which covers both venue play and the operator's web product.
Anyone looking for ring games at felt tables with live dealers should note that the property does not publish such a schedule.
Sports betting and electronic terminals
Sports betting kiosks are on the floor. In Québec, Mise-o-jeu and Mise-o-jeu+ are the legal wagering products, both run by Loto-Québec. The casino also promotes an in-house game called Kinzo, including seasonal periods with bonus prizes.
Loyalty runs through Casino Privilèges, shared across Montréal, Lac-Leamy, Mont-Tremblant and Charlevoix. The club has four tiers, points accumulate on slots, table games, keno and poker, and one comp-tracking source puts the redemption rate at 300 points for $1 in free play, with 400,000 qualifying points over 12 months required for Prestige Plus. The property runs no standalone promotions outside this shared programme.
Hours, age and rules at the door
Admission is restricted to guests 18 or older, and the same limit applies to the hotel bars and to the St-Hubert Signé Casino outlet inside the gaming area.
The floor is not open around the clock. Under a schedule set in 2021, doors opened at 11 a.m. Monday to Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with closing at 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Hours shift seasonally and on holidays. Late opening is a frequent gripe in reviews, including one about coach passengers waiting outside before 11 a.m.
Security uses a biometric facial recognition system tied to the self-exclusion programme, comparing camera images against a database of people who consented to enrolment. Parking lots P4 to P10 are free, the P1, P2 and P3 garages are paid, and electric charging stations are on site.
Entry is limited to those aged 18 and over; play within your means and use the operator's self-exclusion tools if gambling stops being entertainment.