Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that most don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the country and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly large tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, 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 pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till things improve is simply not known.
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