The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate economic conditions leading to a greater eagerness to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the abysmal local wages, there are two common types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also remarkably high. It’s been said by economists who look at the situation that the majority don’t buy a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the British soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the nation and tourists. Up until not long ago, there was a exceptionally big tourist business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is simply not known.