The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you might think that there would be little appetite for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. Actually, it appears to be functioning the opposite way around, with the critical market conditions leading to a larger eagerness to gamble, to attempt to discover a quick win, a way from the situation.
For the majority of the people living on the meager nearby money, there are two popular types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the odds of profiting are extremely small, but then the prizes are also surprisingly large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the concept that the lion’s share don’t purchase a ticket with the rational expectation of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the UK football leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the state and sightseers. Up till a short time ago, there was a considerably large sightseeing industry, based on nature trips and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected crime 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 5 gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree Casino, which has just the slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare has the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have table games, slot machines and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the country: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the market has shrunk by more than 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and conflict that has cropped up, it is not understood how healthy the sightseeing business which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will carry on until things improve is merely unknown.