The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious market circumstances creating a larger ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are two dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the incredibly rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. 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 two of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
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 two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive until conditions get better is basically unknown.
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