The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the tiny local money, there are two popular types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that many do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until recently, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among 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 den, which has just the slots. 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 pair of which contain table games, slots 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 has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is simply not known.
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