Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a greater desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the astonishingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not well-known how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is simply not known.
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