The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be very little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions leading to a bigger eagerness to bet, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens surviving on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the majority don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, cater to the considerably rich of the state and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly large tourist business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps 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 city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around until things improve is simply not known.