The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could envision that there might be little appetite for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it appears to be operating the opposite way, with the desperate market conditions creating a higher eagerness to wager, to try and locate a quick win, a way out of the difficulty.
For most of the locals surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 common types of gambling, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the odds of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the winnings are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by financial experts who study the idea that most do not buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the very rich of the country and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a incredibly substantial vacationing industry, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated crime have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the market has deflated by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until conditions improve is basically unknown.