Tourist attraction
Casino Estoril
Seaside modernist casino where wartime spies gambled, famed as the inspiration for Casino Royale.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Casino Estoril, on the coast below Sintra, sits down at a baccarat table in August nineteen forty-one, when a double agent named Dusko Popov walked in carrying cash that was not his own. It follows where that money came from, the gambler holding the bank, and the naval officer watching from the edge of the room. Along the way it turns to the businessmen who bet on this building, from its founder to a Macau casino magnate.
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