The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could imagine that there might be little desire for going to Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be operating the other way, with the desperate economic circumstances creating a higher ambition to play, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the citizens surviving on the tiny nearby money, there are 2 established types of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are remarkably low, but then the prizes are also extremely large. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that the lion’s share do not purchase a card with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the British football divisions and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pamper the considerably rich of the country and sightseers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing industry, based on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have carved into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain gaming tables, slot machines and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it is not well-known how well the vacationing business which supports Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will be alive until things get better is merely unknown.