The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be working the other way around, with the atrocious market conditions leading to a larger ambition to play, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For almost all of the locals living on the meager nearby wages, there are two dominant types of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the majority do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, mollycoddle the incredibly rich of the nation and travelers. Up until a short time ago, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and associated bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two 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 slot machines. 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, both of which offer table games, slots 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 tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is merely unknown.