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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the locals surviving on the meager nearby earnings, there are two common types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video 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 tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until conditions get better is simply not known.
