The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a greater desire to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 established styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that many don’t buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up till recently, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through till conditions improve is basically unknown.