The act of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the current time, so you could think that there would be very little affinity for going to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In reality, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the critical market circumstances creating a greater ambition to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For most of the people surviving on the abysmal local money, there are two common types of gambling, the national lotto and Zimbet. As with almost everywhere else in the world, there is a state lotto where the probabilities of profiting are surprisingly tiny, but then the prizes are also extremely high. It’s been said by financial experts who understand the situation that the lion’s share do not buy a card with a real belief of winning. Zimbet is based on either the national or the UK soccer leagues and involves determining the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s casinos, on the other shoe, look after the considerably rich of the country and travelers. Up until recently, there was a exceptionally large vacationing industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated bloodshed have cut into this trade.
Among Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, 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 slot machine games. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has just one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, the two of which offer gaming tables, slots and video machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the two of which have gaming machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforestated talked about lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a parimutuel betting system), there are also 2 horse racing tracks in the nation: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the second metropolis) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has diminished by more than 40% in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has resulted, it isn’t understood how healthy the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of the casinos will be alive until conditions improve is simply unknown.