The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there might be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that most do not buy a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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 have 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, each of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till conditions improve is merely not known.
