Zimbabwe Casinos
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater ambition to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 established types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority do not buy a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 just the 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 two of which contain gaming tables, slots 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 gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is simply not known.