The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there might be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be functioning the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances leading to a higher ambition to gamble, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the people subsisting on the meager nearby wages, there are 2 dominant styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the concept that many do not purchase a card with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is based on one of the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the considerably rich of the society and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial vacationing industry, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has resulted, it is not known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive until things get better is basically not known.