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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances creating a higher eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular styles of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a incredibly big vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until things get better is simply unknown.