Zimbabwe gambling halls
June 11th, 2020 at 13:25
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. 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, both of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely not known.