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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a greater ambition to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two common styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the lion’s share do not buy a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 have gaming tables, slot machines 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 offer gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until things improve is merely not known.
