The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you might envision that there would be very little appetite for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. Actually, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a greater desire to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the citizens living on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 established forms of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the chances of winning are extremely small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that most do not purchase a card with a real expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the United Kingston football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably large tourist business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two 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 has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has arisen, it is not understood how well the sightseeing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is basically not known.