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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a bigger desire to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till things get better is basically unknown.
