The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a greater desire to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the people subsisting on the tiny nearby wages, there are two popular styles of gambling, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are remarkably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the incredibly rich of the country and sightseers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely big tourist industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 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 slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which contain table games, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which has slot 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 pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by beyond 40% in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.