I mean the fact that being good at the game is against the rules at a casino should tell you something about a casino. Before the late 1870s, it was built in more of a seaside style, with the facade being that of a coastal establishment rather than the epitome of luxury. For 400 years – and until the 1870s, but it has since been resumed – this chapel was the starting point for the traditional ‘Procession of the Dead Christ’ on Easter Friday. The Chapel of Mercy is a Roman Catholic church situated in Monaco’s old town. Reportedly a month later he was asked to stop playing at a casino in Canada when he was in town filming Batman Versus Superman. Ben was told to stop playing blackjack at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in April and an alert sent round to the rest of the famed area’s casinos after her was accused of ‘advantage play’. Ben Affleck wishes he got kicked out of casinos for being just too good at cards.
This fortress was built in the early 1700s and rebuilt after being destroyed in 1944. It is now an open-air theatre and, during the summer months, shows are hosted in this gorgeous setting. While admitting to being ‘obsessive’ about getting good, Ben said he talks about what happened as he gets a chance to ‘correct the impression that there’s something wrong with it or that it demonstrates some, like, compulsive activity’. The actor has opened up about his card counting scandal, candidly admitting he does use the skill to win and that the house does not like it. The 42-year-old revealed to Details Magazine that reports he had been caught by casinos earlier this year counting cards was true, he just did not get kicked out – even though the actor would have liked to. While counting cards is not illegal, he was reportedly banned for life from playing the game which he had become so good at. I took some time to learn the game and became a decent blackjack player. Casinos had actively wooed him before they realized just how good of a player he was, the actor said.
The Gone Girl actor told the magazine: ‘That is true. And I dedicated myself to that, and I think it’s quite convincing. I think they’re just hoping you’re going to be some dumb celebrity that’s going to dump money. Situated in Monaco’s elevated old town known as ‘The Rock‘, the Prince’s Palace is where the royal family resides. Monaco Cathedral is the resting place of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier, as well as numerous members of the Grimaldi family. It sits right on the edge of the Monaco cliffs, with spectacular views out onto the Mediterranean Sea. He was not thrown out of the venues though: ‘No, I wish. Created in 1924, its dual external staircases are extremely attractive and the building itself was built out of sea tuff, a grey stone which was also used for Monaco’s ramparts. Get him out of here? Dismissing it as no big deal, he pointed the finger back to the casinos that get to ensure the house always wins.
A landmark sometimes missed amid its more domineering fellows, Monaco’s Palais de Justice is well worth finding in the old town. The cathedral was built over several decades (1875-1903) and consecrated in 1911. Its was built on the site of the first parish church in Monaco, built in 1252. The cathedral is equally as impressive a landmark within as it is externally. In one scene his character, Nick Dunne, turns up to his first media conference hungover, something Ben made sure to do to. Ben plays a husband whose wife has gone missing and becomes the focus of much media security. Monaco plays host to a beautiful collection of landmarks for visitors to the principality to admire and learn the history behind its current-day glitz and glamour. The Monte-Carlo Casino hasn’t always been such an imposing landmark in Monaco. Hercules harbour is the only natural deep-water port in Monaco. The port has been an important part of Monaco’s history, providing the principality with an important mark on maritime trading routes and a strategic naval base.
