The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances creating a larger desire to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the situation that many don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. 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 pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is simply unknown.
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