The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are two common forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the society and vacationers. Until recently, there was a very large sightseeing business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come about, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely not known.