The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the locals living on the meager local money, there are 2 common types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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 table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till things get better is basically not known.