The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the incredibly rich of the country and vacationers. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly large tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. 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, each of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are 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.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is simply unknown.
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