The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pamper the incredibly rich of the society and sightseers. Up till a short while ago, there was a very substantial vacationing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the 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, both of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply not known.
