The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the other way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a larger desire to bet, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 popular styles of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are extremely low, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that many do not buy a card with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the British football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the considerably rich of the nation and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected crime have cut 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 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 slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive until things improve is simply not known.