The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be working the other way around, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby money, there are two established styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, cater to the astonishingly rich of the society and sightseers. Up until recently, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has 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 casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools 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 economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and violence that has come about, it isn’t known how well the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till conditions improve is simply not known.
