Zimbabwe gambling halls
Friday, 12. July 2024
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For most of the people surviving on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Up till recently, there was a very big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
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 slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. 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 electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until things get better is simply not known.
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