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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two popular forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly big tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is merely unknown.
