The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until recently, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. 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 contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is simply unknown.
