The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the crucial market conditions creating a bigger desire to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the astonishingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a very substantial vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, 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 have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until things get better is merely unknown.
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