The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a larger desire to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby money, there are 2 established styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that many do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until conditions improve is merely not known.
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