Archive for November 30th, 2019

Zimbabwe gambling dens

[ English ]

The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical economic conditions creating a greater ambition to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.

For many of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two popular forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.

Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have cut into this market.

Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.

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

Given that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is simply not known.