The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be very little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful market conditions creating a larger eagerness to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two dominant forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the subject that most do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 have table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is merely not known.
