The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial economic conditions creating a larger desire to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For most of the locals living on the meager local earnings, there are two established forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a very large tourist industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected 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 five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the 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 offer table games, slot machines and electronic 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 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 city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until conditions get better is simply unknown.
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