Zimbabwe gambling dens
January 24th, 2020 at 10:25
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a greater ambition to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. 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 contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is simply not known.