Zimbabwe gambling dens
Friday, 25. April 2008
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are 2 dominant styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that most do not buy a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two 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, the pair of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till things get better is merely not known.
Posted in Casino by Hudson