The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a bigger ambition to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the people living on the meager local wages, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most do not buy a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the very rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the sightseeing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until conditions get better is merely not known.