The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the people subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two common styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence 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 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker 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 a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is basically not known.
