The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the people living on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two common forms of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that most don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a very large vacationing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots 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 has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until things improve is merely unknown.
