The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical market conditions creating a larger desire to bet, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two popular styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of profiting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the majority do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the national or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a very substantial tourist industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have carved 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is basically unknown.
