The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two dominant styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most do not buy a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the state and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two 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 one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive until things get better is simply not known.
