The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the people surviving on the meager local wages, there are two popular types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the very rich of the society and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, slots 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 offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is basically unknown.
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