The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical economic conditions leading to a bigger ambition to play, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the nation and tourists. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved 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 slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive till things improve is simply not known.