Zimbabwe gambling halls
Tuesday, 17. January 2017
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that many don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the society and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. 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, both of which have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is merely unknown.
Posted in Casino by Alivia