To see a list of African casinos, select a country from the countries list on your left. Only countries in Africa with gambling (casinos, pari-mutuel, poker) are listed.

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This section of World Casino Directory deals specificially with African casinos and gambling. The continent of Africa has 29 countries with casinos in them and 3 countries with pari-mutuel facilities in them, including horse racing and dog racing or the newer racinos which have slots or video poker terminals within reach of the gamblers. Click the following articles for a run-down on specific gambling in this continent. African Poker for the poker guide, or African Lottery for African lottery results and lottery information and last but not least visit this page for the current gambling news in Africa.

Largest Casino in Africa

In Africa you will find the country of South Africa to have more casinos than any other country in Africa, with 45 casinos and 37793 slots.

The largest casino in the continent of Africa is GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World which is located in Cape Town, South Africa. GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World has 60 table games and 3500 casino slot machines / video poker games (or other video terminal gaming machines).

African casinos and Gambling in Africa

Casino gambling is growing faster and stronger than evern in Africa. You will find 100's of casinos here - you might wish to note that most African casinos will be found in Egypt with more than 20 casinos and South Africa with more than 40 casinos within it's boundaries.

Tourism is a big part of Africa's economy and tourist like to gamble. For the most part Africa has met the match.

Africa casinos

Casinos in Africa are on a rapid growth phase and as the sector improves, new developments legal and otherwise are fast occurring. For example, representatives of the casino sector have now signed the country's first-ever national gambling industry code of conduct, which makes Africa one of the first places globally to do so outside the U.S.A.

Africa poker / Texas Hold'em

The mind game of Poker is quite popular in Africa, especially in the southern part where the 2005 poker tour is all set to begin with national tournaments. An important association in this regard was formed in 2004 under the aegis of the South African Poker Association. It represents the interests of the country's poker gaming community and aims to set standard guidelines for all common variants of Poker, in tandem with international rules. Organizations registered with SAPA are those that have passed stringent qualifying procedures to best ensure that they abide by legal criteria; are legitimate in operations; adhere to the accepted set of rules and enjoy good reputation.

Africa gambling

Gaming is most popular in South Africa and the listed gaming groups include Sun International, Gold Reef Casino Resorts, and Peermont Global, amongst others. The Casino Association Casa represents South Africa's licensed casino industry. In a short span of eight years, the new industry has been responsible for generating more than R12-billion in new investment in all nine provinces, adding over R36-billion to GDP in terms of economic multipliers.

Popular countries in Africa to gamble

The popular countries in Africa for gambling include Botswana, Egypt, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Uganda to name a few. The Raineau group is an international group of gaming and resorts and has three operations in Egypt. As per the Botswana casino control board there are 8 casinos operating in the country, among which the two largest ones are the Gaborone Sun and the grand palm.

Africa Pari-mutuel wagering

In pari-mutuel wagering, people bet against each other, rather than the house, and thus the odds are set by the level of betting on each entry. Pari-mutuel wagering is most commonly associated with horse racing and dog racing, but can be applied to various other events also. The Ivory Coast lottery is the only one in sub-Saharan Africa that has a PMU system using information technology. At other places the process is all done by hand. Besides this, all pari-mutuel bets in South Africa are commingled into single national pools under the banner of Saftote.

Other tourist activities in Africa

Besdies gaming, Africa has many activities to offer touristers. People who visit can choose to visit the over 20 national parks, have a dip at the exotic beaches, visit the wine estates or the many nature reserves, the continent has to offer. One can also experience the diversity in lifestyle with the hustle and bustle of city life at places like Johannesburg or Cape town and the quiet and solitude at Piligrims rest.