The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things get better is basically unknown.
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