Zimbabwe gambling dens
Thursday, 19. September 2024
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater desire to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens living on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 two of which have table games, one armed bandits 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 have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things get better is merely unknown.
Posted in Casino by Zain