[1] The casino is located within the St Lawrence river on Notre Dame Island–a man-made island built for the 1967 World's Fair.

Access to the casino is served by the De la Concorde bridge through Cité du Havre, or by public transit via the Jean Drapeau Metro station (on the neighbouring Saint Helen's Island) and then boarding a dedicated connecting bus.

[2] The casino replaced the Palais des civilisations which used to showcase international cultural exhibitions, and prior to that was the Quebec Pavilion during Expo 67.

[3] It also made use the formerly vacant France pavilion, which was annexed via a constructed bridge way when both buildings were renovated to become the casino.

In 2003, it became a non-smoking casino since July that year,[citation needed] and the former smoking lounges were closed in May 2006 with the passing of a new provincial law.

In 2013, it saw a second major renovation [2] when Loto-Québec collaborated with Moment Factory to renew the gaming areas of the casino.

In 2021, the casino's fine dining L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon restaurant permanently closed.

[11] The casino invites DJs and musicians to the venue and features a giant screen showing the New Year's Eve countdown.

Corriveau claims he used a computer to discern a pattern in the sequence of numbers, based on chaos theory.