The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals living on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two common types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that most do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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 have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till things improve is basically unknown.
