Zimbabwe Casinos
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For many of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two common styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that most don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a incredibly substantial tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things improve is merely not known.