The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 established types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that many do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is simply unknown.
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