The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a larger desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the locals living on the abysmal local wages, there are two popular forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Up till recently, there was a very big sightseeing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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 only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.
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