The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may imagine that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it appears to be functioning the opposite way, with the awful economic conditions creating a bigger eagerness to bet, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the people subsisting on the abysmal local money, there are two common styles of betting, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with practically everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the chances of succeeding are surprisingly small, but then the prizes are also remarkably big. It’s been said by economists who study the situation that the majority do not buy a ticket with the rational expectation of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, mollycoddle the very rich of the state and vacationers. Until recently, there was a considerably substantial sightseeing industry, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected violence have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare has 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, the pair of which have video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the economy has deflated by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it isn’t well-known how healthy the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the near future. How many of them will carry on until things improve is basically unknown.