The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is something of a gamble at the current time, so you may envision that there would be very little appetite for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way around, with the awful market circumstances creating a greater desire to play, to attempt to find a quick win, a way from the situation.
For almost all of the citizens living on the tiny nearby wages, there are two established styles of wagering, the state lottery and Zimbet. As with most everywhere else in the world, there is a national lottery where the probabilities of hitting are surprisingly tiny, but then the winnings are also surprisingly big. It’s been said by economists who study the idea that the lion’s share don’t buy a ticket with an actual expectation of winning. Zimbet is founded on either the national or the English soccer divisions and involves predicting the results of future matches.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other hand, look after the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Until a short while ago, there was a extremely big sightseeing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic collapse and connected bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machines. 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 two of which contain gaming tables, one armed bandits and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls houses the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which offer video poker machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling dens and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a parimutuel betting system), there are also two horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) 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 crime that has come about, it isn’t known how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the in the years to come. How many of the casinos will carry on till things get better is merely unknown.