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The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the people living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the very rich of the state and vacationers. Up until a short while ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have cut into this trade.
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 only slots. 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 have gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is merely unknown.