The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical market circumstances creating a larger desire to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 established forms of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is merely not known.
July 10th, 2022
Dayton
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