# Monte Carlo-ians Can't Gamble in Their Own Casino?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 27, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534 "2011-07-27T20:00:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534/21 "2012-10-02T17:55:48Z")

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> [@fiddlesticks](#):
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> The locals are called Monegasques…

I popped into this thread partially because I found the question interesting, and partially (perhaps mostly) to hop onto Google, find the demonym for residents of Monte Carlo, and smugly point it out.

Imagine my chagrin at being unable to find any such demonym! There’s certainly Monegasque for Monaco residents, but I couldn’t find one specific to Monte Carlo. So, having been brought low by my own hubris (while simultaneously being hoisted high onto my own petard?), I’m curious–is there any such Monte Carlo-specific demonym? (Pardon the hijack, but the initial question seems well answered.)

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**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534/22 "2012-10-02T21:00:57Z")

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Monte Carlo is just the casino, n’est pas?

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> Monaco (along with Nice) is basically France’s Florida, where the rich and old go to wait for death in the sun.

Or “A sunny place for shady people” (Somerset Maugham)

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534/23 "2012-10-02T21:25:44Z")

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> [@toast\_pakora](#):
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> Monte Carlo is just the casino, n’est pas?
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> Or “A sunny place for shady people” (Somerset Maugham)

It’s apparently also an “administrative division” of Monaco. I had thought there was, y’know, a city or something around the casino.

Really, this was all a deliberate ploy on my part to perfect my leg-swallowing skills. 🆒

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**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monte-carlo-ians-cant-gamble-in-their-own-casino/590534/24 "2012-10-02T21:29:05Z")

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> [@toast\_pakora](#):
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> Monte Carlo is just the casino, n’est pas?

No, it’s an administrative subdivision of the country. [List of the wards of Monaco](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Monaco#Wards).

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