Zimbabwe gambling dens
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For most of the citizens living on the tiny local money, there are 2 dominant types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably big vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is merely unknown.