The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might imagine that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it seems to be operating the opposite way, with the critical market conditions creating a larger eagerness to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For most of the locals surviving on the meager local money, there are 2 established forms of betting, the state lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly high. It’s been said by economists who study the subject that many don’t purchase a ticket with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is based on either the domestic or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the astonishingly rich of the state and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely large tourist industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The market woes and connected violence 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 one armed bandits, 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 has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which have gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there is a total of two horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has resulted, it is not understood how well the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.