The entire process of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may think that there would be little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be working the other way, with the awful economic conditions creating a higher ambition to gamble, to try and locate a quick win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the locals living on the abysmal nearby money, there are 2 established types of gaming, the state lotto and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also very big. It’s been said by economists who understand the concept that most don’t buy a card with a real expectation of hitting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, mollycoddle the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely large vacationing business, built on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. 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 poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has deflated by more than 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and violence that has come to pass, it is not known how well the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the in the years to come. How many of them will carry through till conditions get better is merely not known.