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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a greater desire to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the citizens living on the tiny local money, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up till recently, there was a extremely big tourist business, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is basically unknown.