The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might think that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a larger eagerness to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are 2 established types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of succeeding are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the subject that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly substantial tourist industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slots and video 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come about, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till things improve is simply not known.
