Zimbabwe Casinos
The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the other way around, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a larger desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the situation.
For most of the people subsisting on the abysmal nearby wages, there are 2 common types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are extremely low, but then the prizes are also remarkably large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the idea that the majority do not buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is centered on either the national or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the country and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a very substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots 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 video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has arisen, it is not known how well the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive till conditions improve is basically unknown.