The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful market conditions leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 established styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until things get better is basically not known.
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