The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there would be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that most do not purchase a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, look after the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably big sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two 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 offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive till things get better is simply unknown.