The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a very substantial vacationing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till things get better is merely unknown.
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