A great stop-over fro roulette lovers visiting South Africa
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For the globetrotting roulette lover who finds themselves in the glorious Southern Hemisphere, then why not take a load off and rest up at the Tusk Rio Casino Resort in Klerksdorp, South Africa, now just known as the Rio Casino Resort?
This Rio De Janiero themed casino resort is a carnival of colour and lights, is only a two hour drive from Johannesburg and open 24 hours a day.
This is a large casino complex offering a big 266,330 square feet of gambling entertainment. We are talking more Nagaworld casino in Cambodia than Ritz in London, a modern gambling palace to match any in the world.
If slots are your thing, then the 274 machines on site should keep you happy and busy but I was really there to play roulette. There is also a dedicated poker room where weekend tournaments take place, if that’s more your flavour.
There are 11 table games up for grabs and for roulette fans, better still, there’s a new addition to the American roulette on offer. The Rio Casino has decided to up the ante and offer a suped-up extra called Double Spin!
Double Spin offers a distinctive side bet where you can place a bet on a number that you think may come up twice in a row.
These have created something a bit extra> there’s a special race track inside the main betting loop just for the Double Spin feature and on the play table itself, there’s a special Double Spin pad to place your bet with a number marker for all to see.
The croupier will offer you a chance to place a Double Spin bet if you’ve managed a straight up roulette win. If you’re up for the bet then your chip will be popped into a special cup and placed on the Double Spin pad while the other bets are settled and then the cup is placed in the special race track to make your betting position clear. If your number comes up then you clean up!
If you like to play a higher stakes game in private then there is a salon privé with a roulette table and other table games.
This is a casino resort so if you want a break from spinning the roulette wheel there is also a pool where you can cool off between games.
There are plenty of hotel rooms on offer, and the rooms and clean and well-cared for. We’d compare the Tusk Rio to something like the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City rather than the Venetian in Las Vegas. You get our drift….
For those of you needing a pit stop to refuel between games of roulette, then there’s a smart restaurant or a snack spot to fuel up before you get back into the fray.
The FLAG Café offers the kind of fare that you’d expect from a upmarket café and is the place to head if you just want a coffee or something quick.
If you’re in the mood for a more lavish meal then the Karamba Grillhouse specialises in high-quality local steak cooked to perfection as well as a tempting selection of local dishes, and a very good list of South Africa’s wines to pair with your food.
For the cocktail lovers there’s the cow-themed Moo Bar, where you can grab a cocktail and something to keep hunger at bay with inside and outside space on offer.
I would come and stay at the Tusk Rio Casino again with its welcoming atmosphere and professional staff. Best of all is the Double Spin Roulette game on offer- a welcome change to the usual roulette offering, soemthing a bit different.
