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The Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas (above), and Renaissance Aruba Beach Resort & Casino (bottom right)
Curacao In the Dom Rep, you can gamble in either
Gambling guide Caribbean faves
Most of Curacao’s casinos are in the capital pesos or dollars, but the minimum bet in
city, Willemstad, and are characterised as pesos is lower, so you can have a flutter even
being more low-key than their Las Vegas more cheaply.
counterparts. Clients staying at Breezes
Curacao Resort, Spa & Casino can try their Puerto Rico
luck on slot machines, roulette, blackjack, There are close to 20 casinos on this island,
and both normal poker and Caribbean Stud many of them elegant, Old World-style and
Poker. The Emerald Casino at Curacao with a formal dress code. Most are in the
Marriott Beach Resort, and the Hilton capital, San Juan, on the north coast, but
Curacao Hotel & Casino are also worth there are also some dotted around key Games played widely in the Caribbean
checking out. holiday resorts. Blackjack: also known as Pontoon or
In Ponce, on the south coast, both the Twenty-One, this card game is the most
Dominican Republic Hilton Ponce and Holiday Inn Ponce have widely-played casino game in the world.
The Dominican Republic has the largest their own casinos. Puerto Rican casinos often The player with the hand of a value as close
concentration of casinos in the Caribbean. feature several restaurants, and lay on enter- to 21 without exceeding it wins.
Large hotels are as likely to have a casino as tainment such as live merengue bands, so Poker: there are various versions of poker,
they are a swimming pool. The biggest you can really make it a night out. Some stay including Caribbean Stud Poker which was
include Casino Dominicus in La Romana, open 24-hours, but, surprisingly, you are not devised in Aruba.
which is not attached to a hotel, and the usually allowed to drink alcohol in Puerto Craps: a dice game where players bet on the
Renaissance Jaragua Hotel and Casino in Rican casinos – which is probably a good outcome of the roll of two dice.
Santo Domingo. Other options include thing from your wallet’s point of view. Roulette: The croupier spins the wheel in
the Playa Dorado Casino in the Allegro Playa one direction and the ball in the other.
Dorada.
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