Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the awful market conditions creating a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals living on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many do not purchase a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the exceedingly rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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 two of which offer table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till things improve is basically unknown.
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