The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances leading to a higher ambition to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For the majority of the locals surviving on the meager local wages, there are 2 established styles of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably small, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the concept that the majority don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other shoe, mollycoddle the considerably rich of the state and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly large sightseeing industry, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected crime have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, 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 contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned 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 metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated poverty and violence that has come about, it is not well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry through until things get better is basically not known.
