The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a larger desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that most don’t buy a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short while ago, there was a exceptionally substantial vacationing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are 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 economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things get better is basically unknown.
