The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a larger desire to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager local earnings, there are two popular types of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most don’t purchase a ticket with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly large tourist industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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, both of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably 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.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things improve is simply unknown.