The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local wages, there are two common types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is basically unknown.
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