Zimbabwe gambling dens
Monday, 22. February 2010
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a greater desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that most don’t purchase a card with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the very rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large vacationing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 slots. Mutare contains 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, each of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until things improve is simply unknown.
Posted in Casino by Jett