The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two common types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that many do not buy a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines 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 have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply unknown.