The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances creating a larger eagerness to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the exceedingly rich of the society and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial tourist industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video 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 tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till things get better is merely not known.
