The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious economic conditions creating a greater ambition to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For many of the citizens surviving on the tiny local wages, there are 2 established forms of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the probabilities of succeeding are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the majority do not buy a card with an actual expectation of hitting. Zimbet is built on either the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the state and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a incredibly large tourist business, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict 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 slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until conditions improve is simply not known.
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