The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic circumstances creating a higher desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the situation.
For many of the locals living on the meager local earnings, there are 2 established styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by financial experts who study the concept that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual belief of hitting. Zimbet is founded on one of the local or the UK football leagues and involves predicting the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the extremely rich of the state and vacationers. Until not long ago, there was a exceptionally large sightseeing business, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market collapse and associated bloodshed have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has only slot machines. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming tables, 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 have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has deflated by more than forty percent in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions get better is simply unknown.