The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably low, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who understand the idea that most do not purchase a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the society and tourists. Up till not long ago, there was a very big sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 den, which has just the 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 two of which offer table games, slots and video poker 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until conditions get better is simply unknown.
