The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the awful market conditions creating a greater eagerness to bet, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For almost all of the citizens surviving on the tiny local money, there are 2 common styles of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of winning are extremely low, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by market analysts who study the situation 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 divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other foot, look after the exceedingly rich of the society and sightseers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally substantial sightseeing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 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 just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has diminished by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t well-known how well the sightseeing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till things improve is simply not known.