The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way, with the critical market conditions creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the locals living on the meager nearby wages, there are two common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that many do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is merely not known.