The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the citizens living on the tiny local money, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until recently, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on until conditions get better is basically not known.
