Zimbabwe Casinos
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the people living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that many do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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 two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions improve is simply unknown.
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