The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the locals subsisting on the meager nearby money, there are 2 established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a very big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved 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 slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the 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 two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines 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 have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things get better is simply unknown.
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