The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a bigger ambition to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until things improve is merely unknown.
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