The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two established styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the majority do not buy a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, mollycoddle the very rich of the society and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. 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, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till conditions improve is simply unknown.
June 29th, 2023
Ryan
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