Zimbabwe gambling halls
Tuesday, 22. October 2019
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the people living on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two dominant forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the country and tourists. Up till recently, there was a incredibly large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until conditions improve is basically not known.
Posted in Casino by Jaime