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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the people subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are two common types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that many do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the state and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker 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 are a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is simply not known.
