The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a larger desire to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 popular types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that most don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five 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, the pair 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 has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come to pass, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will be alive till conditions get better is simply unknown.
