The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a greater desire to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby earnings, there are 2 dominant styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a ticket with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence 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 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. 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 contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is simply unknown.