The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the critical economic conditions creating a greater desire to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the meager local wages, there are two common styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 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 slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until things get better is basically not known.
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