The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the desperate market circumstances creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the locals living on the meager nearby earnings, there are two common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are extremely low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that most do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the English football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, 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 pair 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 offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until things get better is simply not known.
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