Reports AFRICA - NAMIBIA
Bill either. However Namibian players can access foreign online gaming sites as most accept players from Namibia. Many players have turned to online casino gambling due to the lack of land based casinos. Tere are no laws prohibiting Namibians from playing on online sites either for casino or sports betting.
CASINOS Tere are currently a total of six casino licences
available with all but one in operation plus there are 248 slot halls. Te gaming board determines the limit of casino licences to be granted. Te combined revenue for both casinos and slot halls for last year was N$21.9m. Te casinos include the Mermaid Casino
which is located in the Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre on the Skeleton Coast. Tis is the largest casino and has nine table games including American roulette, Stud Poker, Blackjack, five poker tables sand 235 slots. Te location is in an old 1902 German Station
Building and it has been designed to complement the architectural era. Te hotel is run by the Legacy Group and has 90 rooms over two floors plus cinema, gym, swimming pool and bar/restaurants. Legacy also operates the four star Windhoek
Country Club Resort which houses the Desert Jewel Casino. Te hotel has 152 rooms over two
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floors whilst the casino has around 200 slots and some table games. Te Legacy Group manages a collection of
four and five star hotels, bush lodges, leisure and casino resorts in key locations throughout Africa whilst is also expanding into Europe and Middle Eastern markets. Te Kalahari Sands meanwhile was owned
until recently by Sun International and acquired 100 percent by the Minor Group and renamed Avani Windhoek Hotel and Casino. Tis casino is also located in Windhoek and there are 130 slots and 10 table games. Meanwhile a new casino, Plaza Casino,
opened at the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia in June 2016. Te hotel is operated by Protea under its luxury brand African Pride but fully owned by a subsidiary of the United Africa Group. Te Hilton received a casino licence in 2012
and the casino has 140 slots which includes 70 IGT gaming machines, 10 3D gaming machines and 60 Atronic slots, plus there are seven table games including one Raise ‘em Poker, three Blackjack and three American roulette. Tere is also a private salon with one Blackjack, one American Roulette and seven slots. Tis casino currently offers the first 3D slot
machines available in Namibia. Te casino also intends to run Plaza Casino Club One a rewards
programme for its casino players. Te United Africa Group also operates the
recently opened Eldorado Casino (slot hall) located at the Protea Hotel Ondangwa (Cresta Lodge) which offers 30 slots including multi games. Te Protea Hotel Ondangwa offers 90 rooms, bars, restaurants and conference centre UAG’s subsidiary Out of Africa Hospitality is
also opening a mid market Hilton Garden Inn Hotel adjacent to the existing Hilton Hotel. Te 180 guest room hotel will be open in 2017 and form part of the Freedom Plaza development bringing additional meeting space across the two properties. United Africa Group was set up in 1992 and
has various business interests from real estate to hospitality. Today it is a US$110m business. It has invested over N$450m in the hospitality sector and now has 11 hotels with 530 rooms in the region. Aside from the 150 key Hilton which was
developed by UAG and opened in May 2011 other group hotels are operated through the Protea brand which UAG has exclusive rights for in Namibia, Angola and Ethiopia. In addition, the Safari Court Hotel casino in
Windhoek is a four star hotel offering 215 rooms plus Namibia’s largest conference centre, which can accommodate up to 2,400 participants. Tis has the sixth licence for casino operations.
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