The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are two common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that many do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the very rich of the society and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely big tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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, both of which offer table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is merely not known.
