The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market conditions leading to a greater desire to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way from the situation.
For most of the locals subsisting on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 established styles of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not buy a ticket with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the exceedingly rich of the society and vacationers. Up until not long ago, there was a considerably substantial tourist business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer video poker machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how healthy the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive till things get better is basically unknown.