Gambling – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:46:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Gambling – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 How Venezuela became one big casino https://onvenezuela.com/how-venezuela-became-one-big-casino/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-venezuela-became-one-big-casino Fri, 07 Jan 2022 19:45:51 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=12924

This is the new Venezuela, where games of chance substitute for oil wells and the image of Bolívar has been replaced by the face of a new liberating hero: Benjamin Franklin.The late Hugo Chávez, the founder of what he called Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution, decried capitalism as a casino economy, and he derided casinos as a social ill akin to drug addiction and prostitution. His government forced them to close; the last one shut its doors about a decade ago. But today, under Chávez’s acolyte and successor as president, Nicolás Maduro, the whole country has become a casino, where millions are stuck in a daily, low-stakes struggle for dollar chips and a few high rollers stuff their pockets with greenbacks. By William Neuman. Full Text -> The Atlantic

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Esta es la nueva Venezuela, donde los juegos de azar sustituyen a los pozos petroleros y la imagen de Bolívar ha sido reemplazada por el rostro de un nuevo héroe libertador: Benjamín Franklin. El difunto Hugo Chávez, el fundador de lo que llamó la Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela, denunció el capitalismo como una economía de casino y ridiculizó a los casinos como un mal social similar a la adicción a las drogas y la prostitución. Su gobierno los obligó a cerrar; el último cerró sus puertas hace una década. Pero hoy, bajo el acólito y sucesor de Chávez como presidente, Nicolás Maduro, todo el país se ha convertido en un casino, donde millones están atrapados en una lucha diaria de apuestas bajas por fichas de dólares y algunos grandes apostadores se llenan los bolsillos con billetes verdes. Traducción completa-> Google Translación

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The Underground Poker Clubs Are Booming in Caracas https://onvenezuela.com/the-underground-poker-clubs-are-booming-in-caracas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-underground-poker-clubs-are-booming-in-caracas Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:24:40 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=5904

Illicit poker clubs have never been more popular in Caracas, thanks to lockdown ennui in a decaying city that even before the coronavirus didn’t have much to offer in the way of entertainment. The rest of the world has turned to the internet for gambling kicks during the pandemic but that’s not a reliable option here, where service is just too spotty, even for the rich.So people take the risk and venture out to the growing number of clubs, their locations and hours shared by word of mouth and whispers on WhatsApp. By Alex Vasquez. Full Text -> Bloomberg

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