The prospect of living in Zimbabwe is somewhat of a gamble at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little desire for supporting Zimbabwe’s casinos. In fact, it seems to be operating the opposite way around, with the atrocious market conditions creating a larger ambition to bet, to try and locate a fast win, a way from the crisis.
For many of the citizens living on the tiny local earnings, there are 2 common forms of gambling, the national lottery and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else in the world, there is a state lottery where the chances of hitting are surprisingly small, but then the jackpots are also remarkably big. It’s been said by market analysts who study the idea that many don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of hitting. Zimbet is founded on either the local or the English soccer leagues and involves predicting the outcomes of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, on the other hand, pander to the exceedingly rich of the nation and travelers. Until not long ago, there was a extremely large vacationing industry, built on safaris and visits to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has 5 gaming tables and one armed bandits, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has just the 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 pair of which contain table games, slots 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 offer slot machines and blackjack, roulette, and craps tables.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s casinos and the aforementioned alluded to lottery and Zimbet (which is quite like a pools system), there are also two horse racing tracks in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd city) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Seeing as that the market has deflated by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and crime that has come about, it is not known how well the tourist industry which funds Zimbabwe’s gambling halls will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry on till conditions improve is merely unknown.