The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the society and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial tourist business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till things improve is basically unknown.
