The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a higher ambition to bet, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For many of the people surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two common styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely high. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that most do not purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the incredibly rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely not known.