In the spring of 1946, ended the war, some small towns municipal administrations, around and closest to Torino (Turin), saw in the opening of casinos a good opportunity to start the reconstruction of the country after the terrible years of the war.
Besides the revenues for the municipalties , the aim was also to absorb a large number of unemployed people, to relaunch the tourism and to start a new life , having fun again and forget those dark days.
Several casinos opened at Pino Torinese, Bardonecchia, San Mauro Torinese, Torre Pellice and Rivoli.

TORRE PELICE
Torre Pellice is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 kilometres southwest of Turin.
A contract was signed on March 15, 1946, between Mr Salvatore Amenta , representing the company S.I.P.A.T (Societ� Italiana per l'Avviamento Turistico- Italian Society
for Tourist Initiation ) and the municipal administration to open a casino at one Villa rented to Mr. Vaciago ( ex Villa Schutz).
There was a strong opposition from local associations, who claimed that the casino was is in clear antithesis with the moral principles, , claiming the grave near and remote consequences of that corrupting casino, deploring that questionable economic reasons have prevailed over all moral and spiritual values,, considering at the moment there were a lot of more serious and urgent problems to solve, etc.
Despite the protests, however, the Casino was opened .
The entrance was forbidden to the inhabitants of Torre Pellice and free for the others.There was a bus service available to the most avid gamblers to take them back to Turin at dawn. The civil forms of protest against the opening of the Casino continued for the entire course of THREE MONTHS, accompanied by attempts at real sabotage, including bombs exploded outside the gambling house being the transportation bus to be subjected to an armed escort to avoid unpleasant incidents.
Beyond the disputes and clashes, however, the casino is a very unprofitable business' and when the Ministerial Ordinance of June 20, 1946 sanctioned the closure of most of the gambling houses, the gambling fever to be definitively over,having the casino worked fot three months ( based on II Casino of Torre Pellice by Enzo Tumminello ).

Villa Shutz

PINO TORINESE
Pino Torinese is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Turin.
The casino worked a few months, afer end of WWII, at Villa La Pineta .

Villa La Pineta

BARDONECCHIA
Bardonecchia is an Italian town and comune located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Piedmont region, in the western part of Susa Valley.
It is a winter sports resort.
A casino worked, after the end of WWII for a year.



SAN MAURO TORINESE
San Mauro Torinese is an Italian comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piemont region.
A Casino worked, after the end of WWII, for a period between one and two years period on the hill of San Mauro.

Press publicity July 1946
RIVOLI TORINESE

Rivoli is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, about 14 kilometres west of Turin.
Castello Reale ( Royal Castle) after the WW II was transformed into a casino, which opened on 1946 and closed after a few months.Today it is one of the museums of Contemporary Art.
The decision to convert the structure to a gambling casino came after a referendum. The Casino Municipale was also known as
Casino Royale because of the building that housed the casino, a very luxurious place , with elegant halls, gaming tables, red carpets ,etc, the casino worked at Castello di Rivoli and hosted roulette for a few months, immediately after the war. There was an autopulmann to bring the gamblers from Turin , from where came almost all the gamblers. The casino felt some hostility and opposition for the local people .

RIVOLI TORINESE- Castello Reale housed the casino

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