The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the citizens living on the meager nearby money, there are 2 popular types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. 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 two of which have gaming tables, slot machines 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 have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is 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.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is basically unknown.
April 5th, 2019
Francesca
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