The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a higher eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are two common forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the situation that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the country and tourists. Up until recently, there was a extremely big tourist business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till conditions improve is basically unknown.
