The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the locals subsisting on the meager local money, there are two common forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very large vacationing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is merely unknown.
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