The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful market circumstances creating a higher ambition to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are two dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the exceedingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely big vacationing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, 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 above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions get better is basically unknown.