The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the situation.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the meager local earnings, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who look at the concept that the majority don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the English football divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the incredibly rich of the state and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, centered on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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, each of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it isn’t known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till things improve is merely not known.
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