The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger ambition to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the very rich of the state and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among 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 Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots 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 video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till things improve is basically unknown.
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