The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a greater desire to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two common types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the majority don’t buy a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the country and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, 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 offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is basically not known.
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