The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there would be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a bigger desire to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the problems.
For almost all of the people living on the meager nearby wages, there are two popular styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most don’t purchase a card with an actual expectation of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the local or the UK football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the astonishingly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short time ago, there was a considerably large tourist industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated crime have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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, the pair of which offer table games, 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 slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting 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.
Since the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is simply not known.