The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a larger desire to wager, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the people living on the abysmal local earnings, there are two common forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the majority do not buy a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a incredibly big tourist business, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated violence have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till conditions improve is merely not known.
