Zimbabwe gambling halls
May 11th, 2018 at 8:25
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that many do not buy a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things get better is merely not known.