The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there might be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious market circumstances leading to a larger ambition to play, to try and discover a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the people living on the meager local money, there are two dominant types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of winning are surprisingly tiny, but then the jackpots are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the subject that many do not purchase a ticket with the rational belief of profiting. Zimbet is founded on either the domestic or the United Kingston soccer leagues and involves determining the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, cater to the exceedingly rich of the state and vacationers. Up till a short time ago, there was a extremely large tourist business, built on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected conflict have carved into this market.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which contain table games, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, both of which has gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has diminished by beyond forty percent in the past few years and with the connected deprivation and violence that has come about, it is not known how well the tourist business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will still be around until conditions improve is merely not known.