The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people surviving on the abysmal local earnings, there are two common forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a extremely substantial tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are 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 market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things get better is simply unknown.
April 30th, 2018
Marques
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