The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the meager nearby earnings, there are two established styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the state and tourists. Up until recently, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain 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 has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting 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 diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is merely unknown.
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