The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the atrocious economic conditions leading to a greater ambition to wager, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people living on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 common styles of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the majority do not purchase a card with an actual assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the country and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely large tourist business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated conflict 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 slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. 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 electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will survive until things improve is simply unknown.