Zimbabwe Casinos
March 28th, 2021 at 13:25
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a larger desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly substantial tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. 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 two of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things get better is simply unknown.