The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there would be very little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the other way around, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a greater desire to wager, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny local money, there are two popular types of wagering, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the globe, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are extremely low, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who understand the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, cater to the extremely rich of the nation and travelers. Until recently, there was a exceptionally big vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has diminished by beyond 40 percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it isn’t understood how healthy the tourist business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is merely unknown.