The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions creating a higher eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the extremely rich of the state and tourists. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally large vacationing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, 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 has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely not known.
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