The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the crucial economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to play, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the citizens surviving on the meager local earnings, there are 2 dominant types of wagering, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are remarkably tiny, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the situation that the majority do not purchase a card with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English football divisions and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the extremely rich of the country and sightseers. Until a short while ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing business, founded on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 den, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer 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, each of which offer slot machines and 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 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions get better is merely unknown.