The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful market conditions creating a bigger eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the people living on the tiny local money, there are two common forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are unbelievably low, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that many do not purchase a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has come about, it isn’t understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things get better is basically unknown.