The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could envision that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a bigger ambition to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local wages, there are two popular styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes 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 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned 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 second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until conditions improve is simply not known.
