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The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger desire to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 popular types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of winning are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the country and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a considerably big tourist business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only 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, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come about, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is simply not known.
