The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful market circumstances creating a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the people living on the tiny nearby money, there are two established styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up till recently, there was a very big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. 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 pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till conditions get better is merely not known.
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