Pharaoh's Casino is a
casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertai ...
on the Carretera Masaya in
Managua
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
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Facilities
The casino has a total of 156 (once had 140) slot machines and 10 table games.
Blackjack
Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is a casino banking game. The most widely played casino banking game in the world, it uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as Twenty-One. This fami ...
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Caribbean Stud Poker, American
Roulette
Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning ''little wheel'' which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi''.'' In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the ...
, Modern Slot Machines,
Video Poker
Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. It is played on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.
History
Video poker first became commercially viable when it became economical to combine a television-like mo ...
, 77 live gaming positions including a high limit VIP salon and modern slot and video poker machines are amongst the gambling facilities in Pharaoh's Casino.
The casino also has a Texas Hold'em Poker room. The room features 3 tables, including one reserved for cash games only. $2-$4 No Liйmit Texas Hold'em cash games take place nightly, as does a low-stakes tournament ($10 buy-in).
The casino also features a Sport Book room, with a number of flat-screen televisions for event viewing.
All areas of the casino allow smoking.
Gallo pinto
The casino is noted as being the place in which the world record was set in organizing the largest
gallo pinto
or Royal Spanish Academy y Association of Academies of the Spanish Language (2014)«gallopinto» ''Diccionario de la lengua española'' (23.ª edición). Madrid: Spain. . Consulted October 19, 2018. is a traditional dish from Central America. Con ...
with 22,200 dishes served. The gallo pinto has been held at Pharaoh's Casino on September 15 since 2002. The money raised by the event goes to the El Pajarito Azul Home charity.
References
External links
Official site
Casinos in Nicaragua
Buildings and structures in Managua
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