The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you may envision that there would be little affinity for patronizing Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be functioning the opposite way, with the crucial economic conditions leading to a greater ambition to bet, to try and find a quick win, a way out of the situation.
For nearly all of the locals subsisting on the tiny nearby earnings, there are two dominant styles of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of winning are remarkably small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably high. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the idea that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the British soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other foot, look after the extremely rich of the country and tourists. Up till a short while ago, there was a considerably large vacationing business, built on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s casinos, 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 machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only slot machines. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which offer gaming tables, slots and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer gaming machines and tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond forty percent in recent years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not understood how healthy the vacationing industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will be alive till things get better is simply unknown.
