The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions creating a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that most don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots 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 offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is simply unknown.
