The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the citizens living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 established forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the majority don’t purchase a card with a real assumption of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it is not known how well the vacationing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is merely unknown.