The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two dominant styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that most do not buy a ticket with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the society and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very substantial tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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 have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is merely unknown.
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