The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might imagine that there might be little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In fact, it seems to be working the other way around, with the crucial market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the people subsisting on the abysmal nearby earnings, there are two popular 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 tiny, but then the winnings are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the astonishingly rich of the nation and sightseers. Until a short time ago, there was a very large vacationing industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
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 hall, which has only 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 gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not well-known how healthy the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is basically not known.