The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be working the other way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a greater eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens subsisting on the meager nearby money, there are 2 dominant types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of winning are remarkably tiny, but then the prizes are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the concept that the majority don’t purchase a card with an actual assumption of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the domestic or the English football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other shoe, pander to the considerably rich of the nation and travelers. Up until recently, there was a very substantial tourist industry, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
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 only slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which have table games, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have video poker machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will still be around till conditions improve is simply not known.