The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate market circumstances creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are two common styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that most do not buy a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a very large vacationing business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is basically unknown.
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