The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful market conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two popular types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that many don’t buy a card with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the very rich of the state and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer 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, the two of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is simply not known.
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