The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are two popular styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who understand the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the society and tourists. Up until a short time ago, there was a extremely substantial vacationing industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 den, which has just the slots. 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 contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has resulted, it is not known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is merely unknown.