The Republic of Honduras is situated in Central America and shares
borders with Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, with a shoreline to
the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean
Sea to the north. This beautiful, exotic country shares the
unmistakable charm and mystique that all Central and South American
countries carry with rich culture, history, and traditions.
One such tradition in Honduras is gambling, which is legal and practiced
in three casinos across the country situated in La Ceiba, San Pedro
Sula, and the capital Tegucigalpa. All three Honduras casinos are also
hotel resorts. The casino in Tegucigalpa, called the Honduras Maya
Hotel & Real, is probably the most visited by tourists and locals;
it offers six table games dedicated to blackjack, poker, and roulette,
as well as 45 slot machines. This capital city casino opens daily
between 2 pm and 4 am. The Honduras casino resort also offers a hotel
with 200 rooms and suites, a restaurant, bar, coffee shop, health club,
cocktail lounge, and a shopping arcade with different hours than those
of the casino.
The Honduras casino situated in the city of San Pedro Sula is known as
Hotel Copantl Sula & Casino Copantl, and as the name suggests, it is
a hotel resort, as well. The gambling facilities of this casino are
made available to the public every day between 8 pm and 4 am, with eight
table games dedicated to blackjack, poker, and roulette, as well as ten
slot machines. The hotel has 205 rooms and suites, a restaurant, a
coffee shop open 24 hours, a bar, health club with sauna facilities, a
swimming pool, and tennis court, as well.
The third Honduras casino situated in La Ceiba is also the smallest of
them all. All Honduras casinos enforce the rule of 18 years or more in
order to gamble, and the same applies for consumption of alcoholic
beverages. Though not always required, it is advised to carry recent
photo identification with you when visiting a casino. Spanish is the
official language in Honduras, but English is widely spoken in
tourist-frequented places such as casinos, hotels, restaurants, and
bars.
There are other gambling activities available in Honduras, but only
casinos are legal and therefore it is not advised to engage in other
such activities. The Honduras casinos periodically will make gambling
lessons available to initiate those who are new to a particular game or
the gambling world.
