The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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 gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: 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 bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until things get better is simply unknown.
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