Zimbabwe gambling halls
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are two common types 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 winning are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the country and tourists. Up till recently, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is merely unknown.