The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a higher eagerness to play, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the citizens surviving on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly low, but then the jackpots are also extremely big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the lion’s share do not buy a card with the rational belief of winning. Zimbet is built on either the local or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, pamper the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely big vacationing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved 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 one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has come to pass, it is not known how well the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions get better is basically unknown.