The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a higher desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the majority do not purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is merely unknown.