The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are 2 popular styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the odds of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that many don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the considerably rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 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 slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer table games, slots 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 offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until things improve is basically unknown.