The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the other way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a higher desire to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For nearly all of the citizens living on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the English football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the very rich of the country and vacationers. Until recently, there was a extremely large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until conditions improve is basically unknown.