The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two common forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that many do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is simply not known.
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