Zimbabwe gambling halls
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a greater desire to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many don’t purchase a card with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Until recently, there was a very substantial tourist industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair 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, each of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until things improve is simply not known.