The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful economic conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to gamble, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are two dominant forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are extremely low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with a real belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the extremely rich of the society and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big sightseeing business, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst 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 Casino, which has just the 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, the pair of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till things improve is simply unknown.