The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the crucial economic conditions creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 established types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that the majority don’t buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting 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 diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till things improve is basically unknown.