Zimbabwe gambling halls
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to play, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are two dominant forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most do not buy a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Until recently, there was a extremely big tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is simply unknown.