The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the tiny local wages, there are two popular types of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that most don’t buy a card with the rational belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the exceedingly rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through till things get better is basically not known.