The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the other way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a bigger desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are two established styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most don’t buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have carved 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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is simply not known.
