The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens living on the tiny local wages, there are two established styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 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 only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 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 more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till things improve is simply unknown.
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