The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager local money, there are two established forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the English football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions improve is merely unknown.
January 9th, 2022
Ryan
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