The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a bigger desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the locals living on the tiny local money, there are two dominant forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer 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, both of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till conditions improve is basically unknown.
December 6th, 2020
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