The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the desperate economic conditions creating a greater desire to bet, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby money, there are two established styles of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a card with an actual assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the country and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it is not understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is merely not known.