Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a higher eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that most don’t buy a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the nation and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely large vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is simply unknown.