The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there might be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the critical economic circumstances creating a greater eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals living on the abysmal local money, there are 2 common types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of winning are unbelievably tiny, but then the jackpots are also unbelievably large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that most do not purchase a ticket with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, pamper the astonishingly rich of the country and tourists. Until a short while ago, there was a very big tourist business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated conflict have cut into this market.
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 slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and video 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 table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how healthy the tourist business which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry through till things improve is merely not known.