The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little desire for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the atrocious economic circumstances leading to a higher eagerness to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way from the problems.
For nearly all of the people living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 popular forms of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lotto where the odds of hitting are unbelievably tiny, but then the winnings are also very big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that many do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is based on one of the domestic or the English football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and tourists. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slot machine games. 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, the pair of which have table games, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected poverty and bloodshed that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions get better is merely not known.