Zimbabwe Casinos
Posted in Casino on 11/22/2015 11:21 am by Marc
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the people surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the considerably rich of the country and vacationers. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial vacationing industry, founded 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 five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is merely not known.