The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 common types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that many don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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, the pair of which have table games, slots and electronic 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 above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 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 vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.
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