The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a higher desire to wager, to try and find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 popular styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that many don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the very rich of the state and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on till things improve is merely not known.
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