The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the people living on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably big tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.
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 Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry through until things get better is basically not known.
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