The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the critical economic circumstances leading to a higher desire to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the problems.
For almost all of the citizens subsisting on the meager nearby earnings, there are 2 popular styles of gaming, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the idea that many don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, pander to the extremely rich of the state and sightseers. Up until a short while ago, there was a extremely large vacationing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The market anxiety and connected violence have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, 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, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the above talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has deflated by beyond 40% in recent years and with the connected deprivation and conflict that has arisen, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing business which is the backbone of Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will survive until things get better is merely not known.