The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a greater ambition to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are two dominant types of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that most do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the country and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely large sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is merely not known.