The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two popular types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most don’t purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is merely not known.
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