The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the critical economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that most do not purchase a card with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the nation and tourists. Up until recently, there was a extremely substantial tourist business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are 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 economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till conditions improve is merely not known.