The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the locals living on the tiny nearby wages, there are two dominant styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the odds of profiting are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the exceedingly rich of the country and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only 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 pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is merely not known.
