2015
12.20

Zimbabwe gambling dens

[ English ]

The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a higher desire to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.

For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are two established forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely big tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and table games.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is merely not known.

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