The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also very large. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the society and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market 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 gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is merely not known.
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