The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the other way around, with the awful market circumstances creating a higher eagerness to play, to try and discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For most of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local earnings, there are two popular types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the state and vacationers. Until recently, there was a incredibly large tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only 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 contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around until things get better is merely unknown.
