Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a bigger ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 established types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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 two of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is merely unknown.