Zimbabwe gambling halls
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 supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a higher desire to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the state and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime 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 hall, which has only 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, the pair of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is simply not known.