The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a higher ambition to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For many of the people living on the meager nearby money, there are 2 common types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that most don’t purchase a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the society and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly large vacationing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until conditions get better is merely not known.