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Botswana Casinos

by Rory on Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Botswana is one of Africa’s success stories; a city of varied natural scenery, bountiful lifestyle, in addition a rapid-growing tourist domain, captivated by its proximity to South Africa and also by its breathtaking game reserves and national parks. Botswana casinos are a growing region of the economy, and casinos have advanced in many cities in the country, which is inclusive of the capital, Gaborone, and the northern capital, Francis Town. Appropriately, the Botswana government has taken grand measures to ensure that the buildup of Botswana casinos perseveres in line with the growing amounts of faraway visitors.

Francis Town is the enormous city in northern Botswana and also home to 2 casinos, the Marang Hotel, and also the Admiral at the Thapama Hotel. The city was the site of southern Africa’s beginning "gold rush" in the midst of 19th century, which brought visitors from across the world in search of their fortune. Unfortunately for them, the gold proved difficult and costly to mine, and most of the mining operations fell into disuse, regardless a handful remain. At the moment, the casinos of Francis Town give visitors with the opportunity to strike it rich; there is still gold here, if you are only privileged enough to find it!

Apart from Francis Town, the other chief center for Botswana casinos is the capital, Gaborone. This is home to Botswana’s gigantic casinos, the Grand Palm Hotel Casino Resort, which has 17 table games and more than 250 slots and video gaming machines, the Gaborone Sun Casino, which is the original and most considerable casino in Botswana, as well as an innovative development at the Gaborone Hotel. Consequently, the capital is making a bid to lure certain of the betting business away from its northern opponent, and make itself a exceptional stopover for foreign tourists on the way to the national parks of Chobe and Okavango in the north of Botswana, which are the country’s best tourist appeal just now.

Africans adore playing, and Botswana casinos are developed to be appealing to locals also persons from elsewhere. Recognizing this, the government has been cautious not to overburden the Botswana casino industry with rules and barricades, though the industry has apparently adequately been examined to be sure that it holds the greatest means of virtue. Consequently, the Botswana casino sector forges ahead to grow to meet the expectation of tourists from all around, anxious to collect their fortune, like the prospectors of old.