The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the state and tourists. Up till recently, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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 two of which offer 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 have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is 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 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions get better is merely unknown.
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