The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you might envision that there might be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it appears to be operating the other way, with the awful market circumstances leading to a greater desire to play, to try and find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For many of the locals surviving on the meager local earnings, there are two popular styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a national lotto where the odds of winning are extremely tiny, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that most do not purchase a card with the rational assumption of profiting. Zimbet is centered on either the domestic or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, pander to the exceedingly rich of the country and tourists. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large vacationing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among 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 Casino, 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 table games, one armed bandits and video 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 blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably 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 municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has shrunk by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not understood how well the tourist industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will survive until things improve is simply not known.