The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the locals living on the abysmal nearby money, there are two dominant types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the majority do not purchase a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the very rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls 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 municipality) 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 conflict that has cropped up, it is not known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will be alive until conditions improve is merely unknown.
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