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Zimbabwe gambling dens
The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a higher desire to gamble, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that many don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the society and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a extremely large vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain 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 slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is merely not known.