Archive for April 13th, 2019

Zimbabwe gambling dens

The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a higher ambition to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.

For most of the people surviving on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that many don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this market.

Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. 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 contain gaming tables, slot machines 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is basically unknown.