The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the moment, so you could think that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. Actually, it seems to be functioning the other way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to play, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way out of the crisis.
For nearly all of the citizens surviving on the meager local money, there are two established types of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else on the planet, there is a state lottery where the odds of hitting are remarkably low, but then the winnings are also extremely big. It’s been said by financial experts who look at the concept that most don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of profiting. Zimbet is centered on one of the local or the United Kingston football divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pamper the considerably rich of the state and vacationers. Up till not long ago, there was a considerably big vacationing business, centered on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and associated conflict have carved into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just slots. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the previously mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and crime that has come to pass, it is not known how healthy the tourist industry which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on until things get better is merely unknown.