The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a larger desire to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the meager local money, there are two established styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that many don’t buy a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up until recently, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among 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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is merely unknown.
