The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you could imagine that there would be very little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a bigger eagerness to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that most do not buy a card with a real assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Up until a short while ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing business, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will still be around till conditions get better is simply unknown.