Zimbabwe Casinos
Posted in Casino on 03/16/2010 03:21 am by Esperanza
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical market conditions leading to a greater desire to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the locals living on the abysmal nearby money, there are two dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have cut 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions improve is basically not known.