The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that many don’t buy a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among 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 Casino, which has just the slots. 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 table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till things improve is simply not known.
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