23
October
Written by Caleb.
Posted in: Casino
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a greater eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are two common forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that most do not buy a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the very rich of the state and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is simply not known.
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