The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the state and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive until conditions get better is simply unknown.
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