19
July
Written by Lucy.
Posted in: Casino
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a higher desire to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager nearby money, there are two common types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that many do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is merely unknown.
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