The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that many don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among 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 only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is merely unknown.
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