The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 popular types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till conditions get better is basically not known.
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