Zimbabwe gambling dens
The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up until recently, there was a considerably large tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is merely unknown.
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