The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions creating a larger desire to bet, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are two popular forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the majority don’t purchase a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely big tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst 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 den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions get better is simply not known.