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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a greater desire to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the locals living on the abysmal nearby money, there are two popular types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that many don’t buy a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pander to the incredibly rich of the country and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about 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 second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not understood how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is basically not known.
