The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the critical market conditions creating a larger desire to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two common forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that many do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 Casino, which has only slot machine games. 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, both of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply unknown.
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