The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two common types of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the situation that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the extremely rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply not known.
