The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger eagerness to wager, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the people living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the very rich of the state and travelers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. 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 video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things improve is basically not known.
