Archive for January 31st, 2020

Zimbabwe gambling halls

The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a larger eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.

For nearly all of the citizens living on the meager nearby wages, there are two established types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have 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, each of which offer gaming machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions improve is merely not known.