The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens living on the abysmal local wages, there are two common types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that many do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the extremely rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime 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 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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, both of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has come about, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions get better is simply not known.
