Uruguay, the second smallest country in South America, allows three forms of legalized gambling: casinos, pari-mutuel, and horse racing. Tourists are the main visitors to the Uruguay casinos, where most of the well-known international games such as blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps, punto-bunco, and poker, as well as the ever popular slot machines, are played. Poker is extremely popular, as it is in most South American countries, and a number of different types are played here such as Caribbean Stud and Texas Hold’em.
There are 15 cities with 18 gambling facilities spread throughout the country in regions including Artigas, Atlantida, Carmelo, Chui, Fray Bentos, La Paloma, Paysandu, Piriapolis, Rivera, and Salto Grande. The Casino de Estado Victoria Plaza in Montevideo, the capital, has 12 table games and over 500 slots, while the largest Uruguay casino is the 36,000 square foot Conrad Resort and Casino in Punta del Este, with 80 table games and 640 slot and video gaming machines. Punta del Este is an upscale tourist spot, a beach resort located between the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean. As a beach resort, it has the distinction of two different...