The entire process 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 supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical economic circumstances creating a greater desire to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two established forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a extremely big tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known 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 until things improve is basically not known.
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