The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the people living on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 established forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is basically unknown.