The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a higher desire to bet, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 common styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of profiting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that the majority don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a extremely large tourist industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, 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 have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till things improve is basically unknown.