Swiss Casino Heist

French and Swiss police have launched a manhunt after a Swiss Casino heist at the Grand Casino, Basle at the weekend. Armed robbers forced their way in with a sledgehammer and then proceeded to make off with hundreds of thousands of Euros. The casino is just a few hundred yards from the French border and witnesses at the casino reported that the robbers spoke in French. It’s the second major heist at a European Casino this month after robbers held up a Berlin Poker tournament earlier in the month.

Both French and Swiss police are now involved in the hunt for the robbers who made off with hundreds of thousands of Euros during the heist in one of the busiest casinos in Europe. There were about 600 players in the casino at the time of the heist. Luckily no one was injured even though several shots were fired.

Now here at Best Casinos we try and bring you all the best ‘real casino’ action but you’d hope that ‘real casino’ feel didn’t include an armed gang and a terrifying ordeal. Thankfully we think you’re pretty safe at our online casinos list, whichever of our best casinos you choose to play at.

If these heists continue then online casinos might be the safest place to play your money and thankfully the online casinos on our list offer the ‘real casino’ feel without the guns and criminals.

More news on this story as it breaks, for now, have fun playing at some of our best casinos and look out for the April promotions starting soon.

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