Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the people living on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the local or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive until things improve is simply not known.