The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate market circumstances leading to a higher desire to play, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the tiny local money, there are two dominant types of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the nation and tourists. Up until recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not well-known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is merely not known.
