At the end of this you will bein the know of city men and women who have turned Kampala's gambling houses into their living room. This is where many dare and at times make fortunes but most lose out big sums of money.
Some of the sought after Casino's in town are Kampala Casino on Kimathi Avenue, Simba Casino at Garden City, Pyramids on Yusuf Lule around the Embassy of Ireland and the latest which is Mayfair just before Kisozi Complex.
Playing and betting on games like Roulette, Black Jack, Poker, Dominoes, cash card bet games take place in the casinos but also with lots of entertainment like strip tease by exclusive foreign dancers and of course free drinks and snacks.
At times there are ladies to offer special treats to gamblers and they go on with their business, of course at a price. In this cult, all fortune winners mus at least remit 30% of their winnings back to the revelers who on that night grace the establishment.
However, gambling can mean to be very addictive and most gamblers don't play once. Today we bring you Kampala's most top celebrated gamblers.
John Ssenseko Kulubya with huge chunks of land all over Kampala will stake money that runs most of our families for a year. On good night he stakes 10mn.
Sudhir Ruparelia - He simply graces casinos as a way of spending over surplus money. The Crane Bank guru will buy expensive drinks like Blue label and give out Cuban Cohiba Cigars when he is gambling. He normally plays on Credit cards though we estimate him to command 20Mn per night.
Ragga Dee - The musician cum Kampala city businessman Dan Kazibwe aka Ragga Dee at one time drove away in a Mercedes Benz car after a fellow he was playing with staked his ride. It was only after pleas from other addicted gamblers that Dee gave back the Benz. Luck seems to follow him, a few months back, Ragga Dee won 50Mn shillings. Dee gambles with over 3Million shillings per night.
Sylvia Owori - The African Woman magazine guru has kept her gambling crave a secret for a long time. She is known to gamble away in private reserved cubicles at one of the most affluent casinos. Sylvie is said to house the whole cubicle free drinks and snacks on nights when she is gambling. She will spend a hooping 4M on a private cubicle session per night.
Judith Heard - We bet most of you haven't heard about this, the sexy Nalongo is a celebrated gambler around town. For Heard whose hubby is always away, she has the right to seek solace in happening joints like Casinos. Her favourite is Simba Casino where she plays games all night long. The former model is said to have her purse full with crsipy 50K notes amounting to 3M to gamble all night long. Hers is an all girl session.
Others in the game of gambling are Andrew Kassaga Zimwe, Gen. Katugugu Jim Muhwezi, Bob Kabonero, Desh Kananura and Chandi Jamwa.
