The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the crucial market circumstances creating a bigger desire to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the people living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
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 hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is basically unknown.
