The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the people living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that many do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Until recently, there was a extremely large sightseeing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very 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 municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions improve is basically unknown.