The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a risk at the moment, so you might envision that there might be very little desire for visiting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In reality, it seems to be working the opposite way, with the critical market circumstances leading to a higher desire to gamble, to try and find a fast win, a way out of the crisis.
For many of the citizens subsisting on the meager nearby money, there are 2 established styles of betting, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with practically everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the chances of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the winnings are also unbelievably big. It’s been said by market analysts who look at the idea that the majority don’t buy a ticket with an actual belief of winning. Zimbet is centered on one of the domestic or the United Kingston football divisions and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the incredibly rich of the society and travelers. Up till not long ago, there was a extremely substantial sightseeing business, centered on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this market.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are 2 in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slots, and the Plumtree gambling den, which has only slot machine games. 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, slots and video poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, each of which offer slot machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the previously talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is considerably like a parimutuel betting system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Since the economy has shrunk by more than forty percent in the past few years and with the associated poverty and crime that has cropped up, it isn’t understood how healthy the sightseeing industry which supports Zimbabwe’s gambling dens will do in the near future. How many of the casinos will carry on till conditions improve is simply not known.