The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 common styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 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 offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till conditions get better is simply unknown.
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