The list of The Gambia’s casinos is surprisingly short for the country. While it is a small country, essentially the valley of the river Gambia, it has an open and thriving economy. It has also become one of the great destinations for European tourists in search of some winter sun.
In fact the country deliberately set out to become a tourist magnet for those escaping from the severity of a Northern European winter: something they’ve managed to do very well. So the shortness of the list of Gambia’s casinos is therefore something of a puzzle, it’s simply odd that there aren’t more.
That sort list of Gambia’s casinos in fact only contains two places: On Cape St Mary there is the Fajara Casino Club offering blackjack, slots, roulette and baccarat (very much a European gambling game and one the presence here shows who the likely players at the casino are).
There is also in Kanifing the Kololi Casino, offering again roulette, blackjack, baccarat and in addition, poker.
One of the interesting things about the country is that it was both the first and the last of the British colonies in Africa. The location and the natural...