The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two popular forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that many don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots 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 gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is basically unknown.
May 7th, 2019
Marques
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