The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a larger desire to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For almost all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the subject that the majority do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the exceedingly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is basically not known.