The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a higher desire to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For most of the people surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two common types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.