The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a larger ambition to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the people surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two dominant styles of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that many don’t buy a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the incredibly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until things improve is simply unknown.
