Zimbabwe gambling halls
Wednesday, 17. October 2007
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a greater ambition to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abismal nearby wages, there are two common styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the nation and travelers. Up until recently, there was a considerably big tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 Centre in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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 video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexs in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percentin recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until things improve is basically not known.
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