The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a bigger desire to gamble, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way out of the difficulty.
For the majority of the citizens living on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 common forms of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of profiting are unbelievably tiny, but then the prizes are also very large. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the British soccer divisions and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the nation and tourists. Until recently, there was a extremely big tourist business, founded on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated violence have cut into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the slot machines. 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 table games, one armed bandits and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which has slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated poverty and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will survive till conditions improve is merely unknown.