The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little affinity for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a bigger desire to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the problems.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 dominant forms of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the winnings are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who look at the idea that the majority do not purchase a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the national or the UK football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the nation and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very big tourist industry, founded on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and associated crime have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, 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 Casino, which has just the slot machines. 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 two of which contain table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which has gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has contracted by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated poverty and crime that has resulted, it isn’t known how healthy the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry on till conditions improve is basically unknown.