The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two established styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the majority do not buy a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a considerably large tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict 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 five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is basically unknown.
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