The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager local wages, there are two dominant styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a incredibly large tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, slots 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has contracted by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things get better is simply not known.
