Zimbabwe Casinos

by Hudson on December 31st, 2015

The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might 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 economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the problems.

For many of the people surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not buy a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the society and vacationers. Up until recently, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till things get better is simply not known.

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