The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a higher desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way from the situation.
For most of the locals living on the tiny local money, there are two dominant forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many don’t purchase a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have carved 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 slots. 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 offer gaming tables, slot machines and video 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions get better is merely not known.
December 12th, 2017
Mohammed
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