The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial market conditions leading to a bigger desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 dominant styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the state and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is merely unknown.
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