Zimbabwe Casinos
June 9th, 2021 at 19:25
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful market circumstances creating a greater ambition to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 common types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst 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 Casino, which has only slots. 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is merely not known.