Archive for April 22nd, 2016

Zimbabwe Casinos

The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there might be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a higher desire to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.

For almost all of the people surviving on the meager local money, there are two common styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the society and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely big vacationing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 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 two of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.

Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions get better is simply not known.