The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 common forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the society and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until conditions get better is simply not known.
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