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 desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a higher eagerness to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For many of the locals living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 established styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that many do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the very rich of the country and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 just the 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, the pair of which offer table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things get better is basically not known.