Zimbabwe gambling dens
by Jakayla on Sep.05, 2015, under Casino
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are two common styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that many do not buy a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly large tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till conditions get better is basically unknown.
