The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a higher desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are extremely low, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a very big vacationing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. 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 contain gaming tables, slots 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on till things improve is merely not known.
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