| Cayeux-sur- Mer has had three successive casinos in the same location. In March 1878 the council decided to build the first casino in the beach of Cayeux. Meanwhile the Company Casino Cayeux-sur-Mer was established . A short lease of years from 1881, after which the buildings revert to the Company that sells the casino to the town in 1899.
From 1908, a second casino is buit and opened in July 10, 1910, at the site of old facility that was destroyed in 1909. During the First War, the property was used as a temporary hospital.
During WWII, the casino is abandoned. After the Liberation, was highly degraded,only remained the outer walls : a temporay casino was then built on a neighboring plot.
The second casino was destroyed in July 1960, and the third casino opened in July 6, 1963.
Periods of operation after WWII: 1949-1979, 1981-1983, 1992-2012.
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