The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a larger desire to wager, to try and discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For the majority of the people living on the meager local earnings, there are 2 common types of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of succeeding are remarkably low, but then the jackpots are also very large. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that many do not purchase a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Up till recently, there was a incredibly big sightseeing industry, founded on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. 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, both of which offer gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of them will still be around till things get better is merely unknown.