Zimbabwe gambling dens
January 22nd, 2019 at 20:25
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that many do not buy a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably 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.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is basically not known.