The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the people surviving on the tiny local money, there are two dominant styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the considerably rich of the country and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a extremely big tourist industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. 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, both of which have 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, each of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is basically unknown.
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