Casinos In South America

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In South America, the popular countries for gambling and casinos are Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela. Argentina is home to the most casinos and their casinos are thought to be of the highest quality. Their casino business brings in between $4 and $5 billion a year.

Argentina is also home to the continent's biggest casinos, such as Casino de Tigre. It is located in Tigre, Argentina and it has 74 table games and 1,700 casino slot machines/video poker games.

City Center Rosario Casino is located in Rosario, Argentina, and is the biggest entertainment center in South America. Upon opening in October of 2009, the casino received between 15,000 and 20,000 visitors per day. There are about 2,000 slots inside the cavernous building.

Across the ocean in Russia, a new law caused casinos in all major metropolitan areas to be shut down and relegated to rural areas. This has had an effect on South America, with many casino companies that formerly did business in Russia switching over to the less-regulated South American countries. Moscow-based Ritzio International, the largest casino company in Eastern ...
... Europe, has now opened casinos in Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia. Since the Russian ban, they have gone from having casinos in 8 countries to 15.

Bolivia in particular has been impacted by Russia's ban. Over the past year, gambling operations have nearly doubled. There are now more than 80 casinos and about 10,000 gambling machines in South America's poorest country with a population of 9 million. It is largely a result of Bolivia's loose regulations - once a gambling company is granted a license, there is no limit as to how many sites they can open.

In Venezuela, the requirements for opening a casino are much more difficult. The casino must be located in a five-star hotel with at least 200 rooms in an area declared a tourist sector by the central government. Additionally, county residents may veto the installation of casinos in their county. This results in high quality casinos, such as the Margarita Hilton Resort and Casino and the Laguna Ma Allegro Resort and Casino, both located on Margarita Island.

It is important for gamblers to beware of Venezuela's aforementioned rules regarding where casinos can be built. If a traveler sees a casino that is not located in a five star hotel, it is illegal and gamblers may enter at their own risk.

The biggest casinos in Chile are Casino Monticello Grand, Enjoy Antofagasta, and Marina del Sol in Talcahuano. They, along with Chile's ten other casinos, make up a rapidly growing business that saw revenues increase by 78.1 percent from the first half of 2008 to the first half of 2009.

Casinos are becoming much more popular in South America and are often times some of the most luxurious places for people to spend their time. Food and beverages are served at a much lower price in comparison to their North American counterparts. It is done to get people to at least go inside the casinos, and once inside they will be much more likely to gamble.
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Cheyanne Cooke writes reviews on various sporting events including the Online Casino websites. In this piece of write up he highlights on Land Basesd Casino,online gambling.