The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager nearby earnings, there are two popular forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that many don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the country and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial vacationing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is simply not known.