The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For many of the locals living on the tiny local money, there are 2 popular forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 only slots. 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 gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is simply not known.
