The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a larger ambition to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens living on the meager nearby money, there are 2 common forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are extremely small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a very big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed 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 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until things improve is merely not known.