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The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two established styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that most do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the extremely rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 den, which has only slot machines. 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 table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions improve is merely not known.
July 18th, 2019
Abigail
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