Caribbean CasinosFun in the Sun
For hot casino action The Dominican Republic has more casinos than any other country in Caribbean, with 32 casinos and 2,105 slots. The largest casino and one of the most popular in the Caribbean is Atlantis at Paradise Island Resort and Casino which is located in Nassau, Paradise Island, Bahamas. Atlantis has 82 table games and 1,780 casino slot machines / video poker games and other video games. Casinos and gambling are definitely two reasons tourists flock to the Caribbean and there are some very good vacation packages that make a gambling trip to the islands much cheaper than trekking to Las Vegas for the umpteenth time. Besides having onsite casinos on its various islands, the Caribbean is also popular for its casino cruises and for the online gambling it offers. All of the Caribbean islands take tourism seriously and they love their gambling visitors. This part of the world constantly surveys the casino market to check how well it is developing and how other systems and people are benefiting from it. The Caribbean boasts of over 114 casinos spread throughout its various islands. The maximum number of casinos is found at Netherlands Antilles, which has 25 casinos. Not far behind is the Dominican Republic with 22 casinos, Puerto Rico with 17 casinos and Aruba and Jamaica with 10 casinos each. Antigua and Barbuda has 6 casinos. Add to all this gambling glory the luxury line cruises that offer games of chance all the way there and all the way back. Poker is extremely popular in the Caribbean. Also the first land based tournament was announced there by an online poker site. In 2005, an online gaming site offered the first annual "Caribbean Poker Classic No Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament.” The fifth stop of the World Poker Tour by another online gambling site was also organized in Aruba in 2004, making it a popular destination for both celebrities and players from countries including Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, England, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.S. If you like to plunge on the ponies, you’ll easily find thoroughbred tracks all through the Caribbean. Punters should check out Guadeloupe that offers horse tracks at Gosier, at the Hippodrome de Pointe a Pitre. Also, Jamaica offers horse tracks in Saint Catherine at Caymanas Park while Martinique offers them in Lamentin at Hippodrome de Carrere Lamentin.
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