The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the other way around, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the meager local money, there are two common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that most don’t buy a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the society and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 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 only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till things get better is basically unknown.
