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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the crucial market circumstances creating a greater eagerness to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Until recently, there was a very big tourist industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is merely not known.
