The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a larger eagerness to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the people subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 common forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who study the concept that most do not purchase a card with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected violence have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, 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 have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is simply not known.
