The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager nearby money, there are 2 established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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, the pair of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things get better is simply unknown.