The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For most of the people surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 established forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most do not purchase a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the 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 pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is simply unknown.
0 Responses
Stay in touch with the conversation, subscribe to the RSS feed for comments on this post.
You must be logged in to post a comment.