Zimbabwe gambling halls
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two popular forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the idea that many do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the state and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely large vacationing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive till things improve is simply not known.
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