The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you may think that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the atrocious market conditions creating a greater desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the people surviving on the meager local earnings, there are 2 popular styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that most don’t buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally big vacationing business, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has contracted by more than forty percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till conditions improve is simply not known.