The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the locals living on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most do not buy a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
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 just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till things improve is basically unknown.
May 3rd, 2016
Ryan
Leave a reply