The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there might be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the awful economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the locals subsisting on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is merely unknown.
