Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a bigger eagerness to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are two popular types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among 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 just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is simply not known.