Zimbabwe gambling dens
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large tourist industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst 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 hall, which has only 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 two of which have 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, each of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is basically unknown.