Zimbabwe gambling dens
Posted in Casino on 12/23/2009 05:21 pm by Jarrett
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the critical market conditions leading to a greater desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two common forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till things get better is basically unknown.