Zimbabwe gambling dens
Thursday, 22. May 2008
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the citizens surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the state and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Centre in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have 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 pair of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40%in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things improve is basically not known.
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