The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be working the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the locals living on the tiny nearby money, there are two established styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that most do not purchase a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the nation and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not understood how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till conditions improve is simply not known.
