The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there would be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger desire to wager, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two common forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are extremely tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that many don’t purchase a card with a real expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and vacationers. Until a short time ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 machine games. 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 two of which contain table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry through until conditions get better is simply not known.