The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be operating the other way, with the critical economic conditions creating a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the locals surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that most don’t purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a very substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, slots and video 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 gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business 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 not known.
