The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might think that there would be little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling dens. In reality, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the desperate market conditions creating a larger ambition to play, to attempt to find a fast win, a way from the problems.
For most of the locals surviving on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 established types of gaming, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lottery where the odds of succeeding are extremely small, but then the winnings are also very high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the subject that the lion’s share don’t purchase a card with a real belief of profiting. Zimbet is built on one of the local or the UK soccer divisions and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other foot, look after the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Up till a short time ago, there was a very big vacationing business, based on nature trips and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic anxiety and connected bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has just the slots. 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, the two of which contain 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, each of which has slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the above mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has contracted by beyond 40% in recent years and with the associated deprivation and conflict that has come about, it isn’t well-known how healthy the vacationing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is merely not known.