The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 established types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that many do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the society and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have carved 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 hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and table games.
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 two 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 beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until things get better is basically unknown.
