Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the critical economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the people surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that most do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst 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 slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned 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 municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is basically unknown.