Zimbabwe gambling dens
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two established styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the extremely rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is basically not known.