The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the awful market conditions creating a bigger ambition to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are two established types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most do not buy a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive till conditions get better is basically unknown.
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