The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two popular forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the majority do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the exceedingly rich of the society and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, 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 pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around till things improve is simply unknown.
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