The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two dominant types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is basically not known.
