The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two popular styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is simply unknown.
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