The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a larger ambition to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For almost all of the locals living on the tiny local earnings, there are two dominant styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the country and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. 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, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: 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 associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is basically unknown.