The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be operating the other way, with the awful market conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to wager, to attempt to find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably large. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most don’t buy a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, pander to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has 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 pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely unknown.
