The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the crucial market conditions creating a bigger ambition to bet, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of winning are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the country and sightseers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is basically unknown.
