The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater ambition to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For many of the citizens living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common styles of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Up until recently, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till conditions improve is merely unknown.