The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may think that there would be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way around, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are two common types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the majority do not buy a ticket with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pamper the exceedingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come to pass, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till things improve is merely unknown.