The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might envision that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions creating a greater desire to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two common styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most don’t purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. 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 have table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and violence that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until things get better is merely unknown.