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Zimbabwe gambling halls
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 common types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that most do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. 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, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will still be around until conditions improve is merely unknown.