Casinos in Botswana

November 16th, 2009 by Ava Leave a reply »

Botswana is one of Africa’s success stories; a city of different natural scenery, ample resources, and of course a fast-increasing tourist sector, attracted by its proximity to South Africa and also by its appealing game reserves and national parks. Botswana casinos are a emerging portion of the economy, and casinos have flourished in many cities in the country, like the capital, Gaborone, and the northern capital, Francis Town. Consequently, the Botswana government has taken large measures to assure that the development of Botswana casinos pursues in line with the growing numbers of outside travelers.

Francis Town is the biggest city in northern Botswana and also home to two casinos, the Marang Hotel, and the Admiral at the Thapama Hotel. The city was the site of southern Africa’s initial "gold rush" in the mid 19th century, which generated people from across the world in search of their fortune. Gravely for them, the gold proved challenging and exorbitant to mine, and most of the mining operations fell into disuse, regardless several remain. Presently, the casinos of Francis Town offer visitors with the advantage to get rich; there is still gold here, if you are only fortunate enough to find it!

Apart from Francis Town, the other key center for Botswana casinos is the capital, Gaborone. This is home to Botswana’s gigantic casinos, the Grand Palm Hotel Casino Resort, which has seventeen table games and over 250 slots and video gaming machines, the Gaborone Sun Casino, which is the first and most enormous casino in Botswana, as well as an innovative development at the Gaborone Hotel. As a result, the capital is making a bid to bring in several of the betting business away from its northern contender, and make itself a exceptional stop for outside persons on the way to the national parks of Chobe and Okavango in the north of Botswana, which are the country’s chief tourist enticement currently.

Africans enjoy wagering, and Botswana casinos are created to appeal to locals and its persons from elsewhere. Realizing this, the government has been perceptive not to exhaust the Botswana casino industry with regulations and red tape, despite the fact that the industry has clearly closely been analyzed to assure that it keeps the highest means of worth. Therefore, the Botswana casino sector forges ahead to expand to meet the demand of players from all over the world, yearning to gather their fortune, like the prospectors of old.

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