我刚刚在地中海的马耳他度过了一个星期假期。马耳他的人民是非常友好的，虽然这只是一个小岛屿，而且有很多不完善的地方，但它有悠久的历史。
无论如何，我离题了，我要向读者重点讲述的是我在马其他赌场的一些假期经历。我住在一个海湾的附近，这是标准的度假酒店类型的地方，所以是一个不错的选择。这家酒店名为威斯汀度假酒店，是整个岛屿唯一设备完善的度假酒店。我是不打算到附近任何地方的赌场去的，但事实恰恰相反。另我惊讶的是，当我第一天上午看着窗外的时候，我只见一个老城堡，坐落在一个大的岬角，有一个100米闪烁的标志显示“Dragon赌场”（龙的赌场）。
所以我想我可能会审查的心态去那个赌场查看一番！这是相当令人印象深刻的一次经历。
该赌场始建于1870年，当时是作为夏家埃马努埃莱的私人城堡，他还在1875年贷款建设。后来他被教皇赐封为侯爵，并成为一个银行家。
城堡中有一个中央庭院，包含着主要游戏厅，还有一个半圆形的楼梯头的正门，正门两旁有两个法老雕像守卫。
有一个关于岛屿的传说，传说在宫殿建成前，有龙住在岬角的山洞里的，城堡因此得名。在第一次世界大战中，这座城堡成为收留从加利波利战场受伤的军人的一所医院。在第二次世界大战中，它是一个收留战争难民的家。总之，在马耳他，这个规模宏大的宫殿有一个很悠久的历史。
60年代初，该城堡被当做一个赌场，并在1999年全面装修，城堡里面的赌场规模相当于欧洲最大的赌场公司，有38个赌场和11家豪华酒店，度假村。
总体而言，赌场是好玩有趣的。虽然马其他赌场没有拉斯维加斯或澳门赌场的规模，但赌徒眼中看来，其魅力的一部分，是拉斯维加斯赌场无法相提并论的。
大约有200台老虎机，你还会发现电子轮盘，能够容纳十几个玩家，以及一些赛马机，还有一个不错的网上赌场，15台联网的计算机和其他5台网络机器。
大约有二十种类型的赌桌： 轮盘，黑杰克，加勒比海扑克，德州超级扑克等。
赌场内有现场娱乐表演和大型等离子屏幕，以方便任何的大型活动，我幸运，我的假期与狮子在南非巡回演出的时间相一致，所以我有幸欣赏到狮子的精彩巡回表演。
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Casino in Malta. The Dragonara Palace Review.
I just got back from a week?s holiday in Malta in the Mediterranean. The people were friendly, and although it?s a small island there is plenty to do given that the place has so much history.
Anyway, I digress. I was staying at the Westin Resort in Paceville near St Juian?s Bay, which is your standard hotel resort type place, but not a bad option to base yourself and to head out on car trips throughout the islands. I wasn?t planning to be anywhere near a casino （quite the opposite in fact）， so imagine my suprise when I looked out of the window on the first morning and saw an old fort sitting on the headland not 100 metres away with a big flashing sign saying “DRAGONARA CASINO”。
So I thought I may as well review it for the blog…！ It?s quite an impressive setting.
The Dragonara Palace which holds the casino was built in 1870 as a summer house for Emanuele Scicluna, a banker who was made a marquis in 1875 on the back of a loan he extended to Pope Pius IX.
There?s a central courtyard, which has been covered to contain the main gaming hall and a semi-circular staircase heads up to the main entrance, which is guarded by two pharaonic statues.
There?s an island legend that a dragon lived in the cave on the headland before the palace was built- and that is how it got its name. In the First World War, the Dragonara was used as an CO?s hospital for injured servicemen arriving from Gallipoli. And in the 2nd World War it was a home for war refugees. As always in Malta, there?s a mass of histrory attached to the palace.
Its been a casino since the early 60s and in 1999 was completely renovated and is now owned by Accor Casinos: the largest casino company in Europe with 38 casinos and 11 luxury hotel resorts.
Overall, the casino is good fun. It?s nothing on scale of a Las Vegas or Macau casino, but that?s part of its charm and the views out over the Med are stunning.
There are around 200 slots （from 1 cent to 25 euro cents machines）。 And you?ll find Electronic Roulette that sits a dozen players, as well as a Horse Racing Machine and a good choice of progressive slots （one with 15 machines networked and the other with 5 machines networked）
There are around twenty tables:- （Roulette, Black Jack, Caribbean Stud Poker, Super Texas Poker, Punto Banco and Open Poker）。
Within the casino there is a Bar with live entertainment and a large Plasma screen, just in case any big sport is on （lucky for me as the Lions were touring South Africa at the time）。