Zimbabwe gambling halls
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe's casinos. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are two popular forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also very big. It's been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority don't buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe's casinos, on the other shoe, look after the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very big tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe's gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe's gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn't understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe's casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is simply unknown.
Categories
Blogroll
Archive
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- March 2009
- September 2008
- August 2008
- October 2007