Zimbabwe gambling dens
The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the other way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a greater ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people subsisting on the meager local wages, there are 2 dominant forms of gaming, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the chances of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, cater to the incredibly rich of the nation and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a exceptionally large tourist industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst 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 hall, which has only slot machine games. 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 pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines 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 gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it is not well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on till things get better is simply unknown.