The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater ambition to gamble, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the people living on the tiny nearby wages, there are two common forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. 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 houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is simply not known.