Zimbabwe gambling dens
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that most do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Until recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. 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 contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is merely unknown.