Zimbabwe gambling dens
Saturday, 5. February 2022
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the society and tourists. Until recently, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive till things get better is basically not known.
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