The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions leading to a higher desire to bet, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For the majority of the citizens living on the abysmal local wages, there are 2 common types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pamper the extremely rich of the society and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 hall, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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, the pair of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and crime that has arisen, it isn’t known how well the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will survive till conditions get better is simply not known.