The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could envision that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two dominant styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Until recently, there was a very substantial tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain 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, the pair of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until things get better is merely unknown.
