The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical market conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the meager local wages, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that the majority don’t purchase a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this market.
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 den, which has just the slot machine games. 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 pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits 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 offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is merely unknown.
