The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could envision that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a higher eagerness to wager, to attempt to locate a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the citizens living on the abysmal local earnings, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of winning are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that the majority do not buy a ticket with a real assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, cater to the very rich of the nation and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a considerably big tourist industry, centered on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Among 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 Casino, which has just the slots. 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 offer gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have slot machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has arisen, it is not well-known how healthy the vacationing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of them will survive till things improve is basically not known.