Zimbabwe gambling halls
Saturday, 9. July 2022
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the desperate market conditions creating a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is simply unknown.
Posted in Casino by Ricky