Zimbabwe Casinos
October 9th, 2015 at 2:21
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the country and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a very big tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until things improve is merely unknown.