Zimbabwe Casinos
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the people living on the meager local wages, there are two common types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up until recently, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through until things get better is simply unknown.
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