The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical market conditions creating a higher desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the locals surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are two common styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that many don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the society and travelers. Until recently, there was a very large vacationing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is merely unknown.
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